30 day shred or any exercise- do you eat your calories?

sak90027
sak90027 Posts: 12 Member
edited September 28 in Health and Weight Loss
i'm just wondering if you eat your calories burned or stay within the limit that MFP has set? i'm supposed to eat 1290 calories a day but i started doing the 30 day shred and am burning more calories than i initially set out.

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  • hunterzmomma
    hunterzmomma Posts: 121
    if you are hungry then eat them! and if not then don't worry about it :)
  • Jessica5000
    Jessica5000 Posts: 65
    I try not to eat my activity calories. I look at them like a bonus to my weight loss. Why would you want to eat all the calories you just burned. Let them be burned forever :)

    However if I know I have a big meal coming up or want to have a few drinks, I work out in the morning, then I have a little cushion if I was to eat or drink a bit more.
  • mbaker81
    mbaker81 Posts: 8
    You MUST eat 1200 a day as a woman at minimum. If you are hungry, eat them. My opinion you should eat at least half of them back to give your body the fuel needed.
  • sharidiane
    sharidiane Posts: 212 Member
    I am doing the 30DS. I am on Day 15. I didn't eat my cals back at first and I got SUPER tired. Really low energy, like I had the flue. So now I eat them back, and I feel much better.

    I eat, on average, 1500 or so calories a day, and I do the 30DS 5 days a week. So far I have not lost weight, but I am definitely losing inches. IDK about everyone, but this is what is working for me.
  • jujubean1992
    jujubean1992 Posts: 462 Member
    i always try to eat my exercise calories back! i look at my exercise as a way to burn calories that i can eat back as well as to tone the areas i want tightened up.
  • sharidiane
    sharidiane Posts: 212 Member
    the flu. NOT the flue.

    I did NOT feel like I was coming down with a bad case of a chimney damper.

    Good grief, bad spelling makes my eyes burn.
  • LLaDonna
    LLaDonna Posts: 126
    Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I just did Level 1 Day 10 of the 30-day shred this morning and love the calorie burn! I've been on MFP for three weeks, working with a 1200/day calorie goal. I weighed myself after the first two weeks and had lost about 3 pounds (4 if you count my shoes).

    Plenty of folks eat the calories "earned" from exercise; lots don't. You will find that it is a personal preference and choice that your progress will dictate..
  • sak90027
    sak90027 Posts: 12 Member
    the flu. NOT the flue.

    I did NOT feel like I was coming down with a bad case of a chimney damper.

    Good grief, bad spelling makes my eyes burn.

    haha! no worries. this isn't a spelling/grammar test!

    i end up eating around 1500 calories on the days i exercise. i try not to eat the calories but can't help it. weirdly, i'm less hungry on the days i exercise which is almost everyday now due to 30 day shred. i feel like the days i under eat i lose less. i'm trying to work thru a yoyo/plateau and trying to figure it all out :)
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    Eat at least 1200 plus 200 for the 30-day Shred days.
  • sak90027
    sak90027 Posts: 12 Member
    Eat at least 1200 plus 200 for the 30-day Shred days.

    you know i end up eating around 1400-1500 the days i exercise. some days i shred AND go for a jog which is a bit overboard but i feel great. i've only been on the shred for 6 days so we'll see how it's going day 20!
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