Should I add the calories I burn????

jonathang10
jonathang10 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 21 in Fitness and Exercise
I was wondering if I should eat the calories I burn. For instance I log in that I burn 500 calories for running so it adds this to what I can eat in a day. (1800 + 500 = 2300) should I eat up to the 2300 calories or should I just stick to the 1800 calories.

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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    what are you using to get your burns?

    Most calorie burns estimators are off on the high side, so most recommend only eating back half.

    so in your example it would be 1800 + 250 = 2050

    you are using MFP method I assume?
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    edited July 2015
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  • ScubaSteve1962
    ScubaSteve1962 Posts: 609 Member
    If your goal is to loose weight, No, if it's to gain weight or muscle, Yes
  • hannahkingfitness
    hannahkingfitness Posts: 51 Member
    If you're trying to lose body fat, no - unless you're feeling tired and sluggish,
  • joolieb1
    joolieb1 Posts: 140 Member
    I use my daily calorie goal of 1500 but leave the exercise calories. Have lost 9 lbs in 4 weeks (and my weekly loss goal is 1 lb)! So in my experience, best not to use them if ur goal is weight loss
  • Dex37
    Dex37 Posts: 55 Member
    It depends on where you are at in the process. If you still have high body fat then I wouldn't eat them back. But if you are trying to get rid of the last bit then you should only be losing 1lb per week and should eat it back if you are already losing that much.
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