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Calorie Posts

pensor
pensor Posts: 2 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am getting alerts recommending that I need to eat more calories so that my body does not go into starvation mode. My question is: If I eat 1200 calories, then exercise and burn 200 calories, do I need to eat another 200 to bring me back up to the 1200? Or, do I eat 1200. exercise and keep moving thru the week with a calorie credit?

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  • blueocean52811
    blueocean52811 Posts: 83 Member
    I have never done the whole eat your calories back, so I just eat my normally calories allowed and whatever I burn off I burn off. I would say if you are feeling hungry though eat back some of the calories.
  • tjsusong
    tjsusong Posts: 195 Member
    Eat your exercise calories back. You want to eat a NET of 1200 calories. Believe me, it worked for me at first, but eventually my body caught up and I stopped losing.
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