Do I eat what I loose through excercising?

MFP is setup so that you're supposed to eat your exercise calories back. Your calorie goal is a NET goal. Meaning if you eat 1200 then burn 500 then yes you'd eat back calories until you get to 1200. Otherwise you are only actually eating 700 calories for the day which isn't healthy or sustainable.

mazjubean wrote: »

Hi! You don't need to eat back the calories you lose. If you are just starting out, it may be a good idea to simply eat 1200 calories a day, and after establishing a pattern of weight loss decide if you want to eat back calories burnt! (depending on how much you are losing) I personally dont eat calories back

This is actually the opposite of what MFP is set to. Not eating some of those calories back, especially when set to 1200 calories, can be detrimental to future exercise performance (little to no energy) and your body (muscle loss, inadequate nutrients, etc.)

Soopatt wrote: »

emmagarnham93 wrote: »

Thank you both so much for your help!
with a little more research I've taken that I should eat 50-75% of my excerice calories as the calories burnt aren't 100% accurate

You have found the right info on you own. This is what I do and it works well. You can also see if you can manage on more calories as 1200 is too low for some and they can continue to lose by eating a bit more.

I personally am unable to lose by eating more than 1200/1300 (excluding exercise), but if you still struggle it is worth experimenting (increase your allocation by a small amount, wait a week, see if you still lose. Repeat).

increasing it for only a week may not be long enough. you want to increase a little and wait several weeks to see if it makes a difference. since weight loss is not linear and you wont lose every week or the same amount all the time,some weeks you may not lose anything. so you need to do something for awhile to see what kind of results you are getting(either losing or gaining).losing a kg a week is ok if you are obese or more than 75lbs overweight. if you dont have a lot to lose than 1kg a week may be too aggressive,you dont mention your height or age either.I would set you goals to lose 0.2kg(or half a lb) since you dont have a lot to lose and go from there.

Lose so you will be loose.

emmagarnham93 wrote: »

Thank you guys so much
All this feedback is awesome!
Im starting to really get a hang on MFP now
I am 170cm tall and 22 years of age
I know 1kg a week may seem a bit much but I'm super dedicated to loosing the 15kg in 15 weeks
If it does get too much for me I know I can always go back and change up my goal etc to put me where I want to be

Thank you guys again
Means a lot!!

You should not try to lose more than about 1% of your body weight per week, otherwise you'll typically end up losing a poor ratio of fat to muscle. And if you end up losing too much muscle (ending up normal weight but overfat from having low musculature) it's harder and longer to rebuild that muscle than it would have been to not lose it in the first place.

emmagarnham93 wrote: »

KANGOOJUMPS wrote: »

Lose so you will be loose.

Pardon???^^

She means you "lose" weight so your clothes will be "loose".