Calorie burn CONFUSED

I get 1500 cals to eat regardless of any exercise and then if i do lots of exercise i get bonus calories, but to only eat half of these. For e.g I get 1500 cals and do 300 cals of exercise, so for that day i could eat 1750 cals and still lose. Is this correct??

Yes people here usually eat back half their exercise calories so your math is right.

If people get an extra 1500 calories then yes they burned 1500 calories. I don't know what you can do at gym that will burn 1500 calories.

Yes, MFP is designed to eat back exercise calories. MOST, will only eat a portion as the burns tend to be inflated.

hamelle2 wrote: »

Is this just as crazy as a 1000 calories per day??

You are "allowed" 1500 cals per day and earn 500 cals per day from exercise....and don't eat those exercise calories.
I see many people on MFP logging very large exercise calorie deficits from ALOT of daily exercise. Just very curious....

I think as was already noted that exercise calories are often overestimated. I have in the past lost weight purely through exercising by doing 2h of exercise a day and not changing my intake much, but it was just far too much work to sustain for me. I don't think it's necessary to eat any of your exercise calories back, except that if you're on a VLCD and you're exercising you'll be super hungry and more likely to completely fall off the wagon if you don't up the intake at least a little bit to accommodate your new burn level.

However I guess I can say that I don't think it's "just as crazy as 1000 calories per day". In the sense that if someone truly eats a VLCD they are far more likely to make mistakes that are bad for their overall health, but if you eat a higher diet and exercise like mad that's far more likely to be good for you. Of course you could injure yourself via exercise or have other bad effects, but you'll know when those happen and treat them - whereas if by undereating you damage your organs or have a deficiency of some kind it'll take a long time to discover that you've made a mistake.

Osric

P.S. For the record, I don't think targeting 1,000 calories on most days is unreasonable, assuming you are getting more food some other time, like on the weekend. There's a lot of hate for 1,000 calorie diets, because of the potential health risks, which ironically comes from the same people who'll tell the poster to get a food scale and measure more accurately because they're not really eating only 1,000 calories. Whether you measure it or not, if you're not really eating 1,000 calories due to cheat meals or due to measurement error, there's no reason not to target 1,000 logged and assume that really since you're eating more overall you're OK.

dhimaan wrote: »

I don't know what you can do at gym that will burn 1500 calories.

I do boxing and very high cardio fitness classes that each burn anywhere from 500-800 calories per hours (estimated of course). 2 of these in a day can easily burn 1000-1600 per day.

I look at it this way. My MFP say to eat 1200 cals/day. I try to keep my numbers green. Anywhere from 0 to 500 in the green because that will give me some room on the days I slip.

OsricTheKnight wrote: »

hamelle2 wrote: »

Is this just as crazy as a 1000 calories per day??

You are "allowed" 1500 cals per day and earn 500 cals per day from exercise....and don't eat those exercise calories.
I see many people on MFP logging very large exercise calorie deficits from ALOT of daily exercise. Just very curious....

I think as was already noted that exercise calories are often overestimated. I have in the past lost weight purely through exercising by doing 2h of exercise a day and not changing my intake much, but it was just far too much work to sustain for me. I don't think it's necessary to eat any of your exercise calories back, except that if you're on a VLCD and you're exercising you'll be super hungry and more likely to completely fall off the wagon if you don't up the intake at least a little bit to accommodate your new burn level.

However I guess I can say that I don't think it's "just as crazy as 1000 calories per day". In the sense that if someone truly eats a VLCD they are far more likely to make mistakes that are bad for their overall health, but if you eat a higher diet and exercise like mad that's far more likely to be good for you. Of course you could injure yourself via exercise or have other bad effects, but you'll know when those happen and treat them - whereas if by undereating you damage your organs or have a deficiency of some kind it'll take a long time to discover that you've made a mistake.

Osric

P.S. For the record, I don't think targeting 1,000 calories on most days is unreasonable, assuming you are getting more food some other time, like on the weekend. There's a lot of hate for 1,000 calorie diets, because of the potential health risks, which ironically comes from the same people who'll tell the poster to get a food scale and measure more accurately because they're not really eating only 1,000 calories. Whether you measure it or not, if you're not really eating 1,000 calories due to cheat meals or due to measurement error, there's no reason not to target 1,000 logged and assume that really since you're eating more overall you're OK.

Hi Osric. Glad you are here. I wish you would help me understand my Libra stats!

In 3 weeks my scale says I've lost 6.3 pounds.
But libra says I have lost 4.6.
Trend= 199.6
Trend=195.0
Trend= -4.6 lost.
I wish I could figure out how to show you my
Stats.
All the little dots are below the line.

I'm sorry if I intruded on your post Julestar!
I just realized that may have been rude of me.

Ps-if people in your feed are happy about burning enough for their food, it sounds like maybe they're eating more than they were 'allowed' and then working out extra to cover them.