Eating back

Mikkamoo12
Mikkamoo12 Posts: 36 Member
edited 4:05AM in Health and Weight Loss
Hi just wondering if you should eat back all your excersise cals?? I try not to eat them back but dont no if im doing right or wrong??

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    MFP is designed for you to eat them back. Many people find the calorie burns are over-estimated, so they only eat back a portion of the calories -- maybe 25-75%.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Only eat all of them if you're 100% certain about the accuracy of your burns. But yes, you should be eating some of them if you follow MFP's goals.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    Only eat all of them if you're 100% certain about the accuracy of your burns. But yes, you should be eating some of them if you follow MFP's goals.

    This.

    If you're using MFP's estimates for calorie burn though, I'd probably eat half them back.
  • sweetpea03b
    sweetpea03b Posts: 1,123 Member
    edited November 2015
    I set my own goals so I don't. But, if you use MFP's set goal for you.... it is set for your normal activity burn... and gives you a goal based on that with NO exercise. Then, you log your exercise. So, you should therefore eat your exercise calories to stay within the deficit goals MFP gives you.

    Edited... sorry I was explaining how I do it :) I set my own goal, then eat more or less depending on how much I exercised that day based on my TDEE calculations :)
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    sweetpea03b wrote: »
    I set my own goals so I don't. But, if you use MFP's set goal for you.... it is set to take into account your estimated workout burns. However, if you are exercising more than planned or less than planned... that should be taken into account and you adjust from there (eat less if you aren't working out, more if you are working out more).

    MFP's set goals are NOT taking estimated workout burns into account, only your everyday activity level. Workouts are completely separate.
  • sweetpea03b
    sweetpea03b Posts: 1,123 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    sweetpea03b wrote: »
    I set my own goals so I don't. But, if you use MFP's set goal for you.... it is set to take into account your estimated workout burns. However, if you are exercising more than planned or less than planned... that should be taken into account and you adjust from there (eat less if you aren't working out, more if you are working out more).

    MFP's set goals are NOT taking estimated workout burns into account, only your everyday activity level. Workouts are completely separate.

    You're right - sorry. I was explaining how I do it with TDEE calculations, got the 2 backwards. It's been a long day.

  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    sweetpea03b wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    sweetpea03b wrote: »
    I set my own goals so I don't. But, if you use MFP's set goal for you.... it is set to take into account your estimated workout burns. However, if you are exercising more than planned or less than planned... that should be taken into account and you adjust from there (eat less if you aren't working out, more if you are working out more).

    MFP's set goals are NOT taking estimated workout burns into account, only your everyday activity level. Workouts are completely separate.

    You're right - sorry. I was explaining how I do it with TDEE calculations, got the 2 backwards. It's been a long day.

    No worries. It's a natural side effect of having so many different ways to set up goals!
  • Mikkamoo12
    Mikkamoo12 Posts: 36 Member
    Thanks all for yer replies i work out with fitness blender n always go with the lowest burn..
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