Eating Exercise Calories?
tiffanygordon1111
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Do you eat the calorie allowance for when you exercise? Share your experiences.
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Sometimes yes, sometimes no. A lot of it depends on whether I'm hungry or not. On average I'd say over the course of a week I'll eat (or drink!) about 1/3 to 1/2 of my exercise calories back.0
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when i did MFP i did...it is the way this tool is designed...there are stickies that you're supposed to read that explain all of this. you should make some kind of allowance for estimation error though.0
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Hanging this here as usual... Oh, and read the stickies!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Faithful_Chosen/view/why-you-should-eat-to-your-mfp-goal-including-true-exercise-calories-7639820 -
I do not. For me, it feels like why did I work out. But if eating them back works for you, I say go for it! I definitely am not in the eat more to weigh less camp because it does work for me.0
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I don't often but sometimes, if I'm extra hungry or have a special occasion.0
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I do now I'm maintaining, apart from walking.
When I was losing I ate 75%.0 -
I do not. For me, it feels like why did I work out. But if eating them back works for you, I say go for it! I definitely am not in the eat more to weigh less camp because it does work for me.
IDK...fitness maybe? the purpose of exercise isn't burning calories or losing weight...if that were the case, why would anyone in maintenance exercise...burning calories is a nice bi-product of fitness...but fitness is for fitness sake...it is essential to overall health and wellbeing...it is completely unnecessary for weight loss.
you should probably read the stickies too....
once you wrap your head around fitness for the sake of fitness, it makes sense...also, when you understand that your deficit is already built into your goals it makes sense.0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »I do not. For me, it feels like why did I work out. But if eating them back works for you, I say go for it! I definitely am not in the eat more to weigh less camp because it does work for me.
IDK...fitness maybe? the purpose of exercise isn't burning calories or losing weight...if that were the case, why would anyone in maintenance exercise...burning calories is a nice bi-product of fitness...but fitness is for fitness sake...it is essential to overall health and wellbeing...it is completely unnecessary for weight loss.
you should probably read the stickies too....
once you wrap your head around fitness for the sake of fitness, it makes sense...also, when you understand that your deficit is already built into your goals it makes sense.
You are right. Working out for fitness is a reason to work out. A very good reason. Also working out is not necessary for weight loss. Some of my biggest losses came during not working out.
But for me if my goal is to lose weight, if I exercise and then eat back the calories I burned, I do not lose weight. I am not saying that it is everyone's truth. It is mine.
The OP asked for an opinion based on our experiences and I gave it.
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cwolfman13 wrote: »I do not. For me, it feels like why did I work out. But if eating them back works for you, I say go for it! I definitely am not in the eat more to weigh less camp because it does work for me.
IDK...fitness maybe? the purpose of exercise isn't burning calories or losing weight...if that were the case, why would anyone in maintenance exercise...burning calories is a nice bi-product of fitness...but fitness is for fitness sake...it is essential to overall health and wellbeing...it is completely unnecessary for weight loss.
you should probably read the stickies too....
once you wrap your head around fitness for the sake of fitness, it makes sense...also, when you understand that your deficit is already built into your goals it makes sense.
You are right. Working out for fitness is a reason to work out. A very good reason. Also working out is not necessary for weight loss. Some of my biggest losses came during not working out.
But for me if my goal is to lose weight, if I exercise and then eat back the calories I burned, I do not lose weight. I am not saying that it is everyone's truth. It is mine.
The OP asked for an opinion based on our experiences and I gave it.
Then you ate back more than you burned.0 -
brianpperkins wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »I do not. For me, it feels like why did I work out. But if eating them back works for you, I say go for it! I definitely am not in the eat more to weigh less camp because it does work for me.
IDK...fitness maybe? the purpose of exercise isn't burning calories or losing weight...if that were the case, why would anyone in maintenance exercise...burning calories is a nice bi-product of fitness...but fitness is for fitness sake...it is essential to overall health and wellbeing...it is completely unnecessary for weight loss.
you should probably read the stickies too....
once you wrap your head around fitness for the sake of fitness, it makes sense...also, when you understand that your deficit is already built into your goals it makes sense.
You are right. Working out for fitness is a reason to work out. A very good reason. Also working out is not necessary for weight loss. Some of my biggest losses came during not working out.
But for me if my goal is to lose weight, if I exercise and then eat back the calories I burned, I do not lose weight. I am not saying that it is everyone's truth. It is mine.
The OP asked for an opinion based on our experiences and I gave it.
Then you ate back more than you burned.
Not necessarily. I am not a newbie to mfp. Been logging for over 3 years. I know my body.
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brianpperkins wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »I do not. For me, it feels like why did I work out. But if eating them back works for you, I say go for it! I definitely am not in the eat more to weigh less camp because it does work for me.
IDK...fitness maybe? the purpose of exercise isn't burning calories or losing weight...if that were the case, why would anyone in maintenance exercise...burning calories is a nice bi-product of fitness...but fitness is for fitness sake...it is essential to overall health and wellbeing...it is completely unnecessary for weight loss.
you should probably read the stickies too....
once you wrap your head around fitness for the sake of fitness, it makes sense...also, when you understand that your deficit is already built into your goals it makes sense.
You are right. Working out for fitness is a reason to work out. A very good reason. Also working out is not necessary for weight loss. Some of my biggest losses came during not working out.
But for me if my goal is to lose weight, if I exercise and then eat back the calories I burned, I do not lose weight. I am not saying that it is everyone's truth. It is mine.
The OP asked for an opinion based on our experiences and I gave it.
Then you ate back more than you burned.
Not necessarily. I am not a newbie to mfp. Been logging for over 3 years. I know my body.
So how do you explain eating back your exercise calories and that preventing you from losing? It should be neutral and have zero effect, unless you eat more than you burned.0 -
Because some people need a larger deficit to lose. Accordingly eating back hurts me.
It does not matter though, this is my experience. As the OP asked.0 -
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brianpperkins wrote: »
My experience includes science.
Then you would understand that a calorie is a measure of energy and that stored fat has a known number of calories per unit of weight. If you think you "need a larger deficit to lose" ... you are wrong. Science trumps your statement.0 -
brianpperkins wrote: »brianpperkins wrote: »
My experience includes science.
Then you would understand that a calorie is a measure of energy and that stored fat has a known number of calories per unit of weight. If you think you "need a larger deficit to lose" ... you are wrong. Science trumps your statement.
Okay whatever you say!
OP- whatever you choose I hope it works for you and keep us posted!0 -
It isn't what I say. It's what physics and biology say.0
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brianpperkins wrote: »It isn't what I say. It's what physics and biology say.
Whatever you say in your post! It doesn't matter to me
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brianpperkins wrote: »It isn't what I say. It's what physics and biology say.
Whatever you say in your post! It doesn't matter to me
I honestly don't care if facts matter to you or if you choose to lie to yourself about how your "truth" is different than what science dictates. Facts and reality are posted to help others so they don't believe untruths about the science at work here.
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brianpperkins wrote: »brianpperkins wrote: »It isn't what I say. It's what physics and biology say.
Whatever you say in your post! It doesn't matter to me
I honestly don't care if facts matter to you or if you choose to lie to yourself about how your "truth" is different than what science dictates. Facts and reality are posted to help others so they don't believe untruths about the science at work here.
Ok!
OP if you eat back your exercise calories, it can make it harder or slower to lose for many. Try eating them back and if it works for you, you are all set! If it does not, don't eat them back and watch the scale 0 -
brianpperkins wrote: »brianpperkins wrote: »
My experience includes science.
Then you would understand that a calorie is a measure of energy and that stored fat has a known number of calories per unit of weight. If you think you "need a larger deficit to lose" ... you are wrong. Science trumps your statement.
^^^100% this.0 -
I don't. And I try to get a walk or some other activity in in the evening if I am close to my calorie limits for the day. Just me, but that motivates me to move the body more.0
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Faithful_Chosen wrote: »Hanging this here as usual... Oh, and read the stickies!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Faithful_Chosen/view/why-you-should-eat-to-your-mfp-goal-including-true-exercise-calories-763982
Nice post.0 -
MFP creates the deficit needed to lose without factoring exercise into the equation. It is designed for people to eat back what they actually burn to keep that equation balanced.0
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When I select a tool to do a specific job I tend to use the tool as designed.
Seems a bit dumb to do otherwise.
So yes I ate back my exercise calories when losing and of course also when maintaining.0 -
Right now I eat them. I don't always eat all of them, it's more listen to my body based. I've only been doing this for 2.5 weeks faithfully and I'm down 4 lbs. I have quite a bit to lose and The weight has always come off fast in the beginning of I'm at a high weight. I had two kids in 19 months, so it's time to reclaim my body. 0
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What I usually recommend is (if you are not set to a super high deficit) to start by eating back 50% of your exercise calories and adjust according to your weight of loss. So if after a month you've lost more than expected, eat back a higher percentage. If losing less, tighten up your logging
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When I was very overweight and did pretty consistent cardio, yes. Now that I'm leaner, and rarely do cardio-no. If I pedal on a bike or something, I know I'm not getting a big calorie burn so I try to keep it real with myself.0
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Depends how accurate you are with your food logging. If you're just eyeballing, you're often better off not eating them to make sure you're still keeping a deficit (as people tend to underestimate their food intake).0
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