How much calories should you add on for exercise

890emma
890emma Posts: 16 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
When calories added for exercise can you eat up to your new limit...... Sometimes l could if hungry other days have alot to spare???

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    If you got your calorie goal from MFP, the system is designed for you to eat those calories back. But be aware that, depending on how you are calculating your calorie burns, it's easy to eat too many calories if you eat them all. The exercise database can often overestimate your calorie burn. For this reason, many people eat back only a portion of their calories (25-75%).
  • Ibeachlover
    Ibeachlover Posts: 66 Member
    Hey Emma. Here is my understanding. The tool tells gives you the calories you can eat, per day, and still meet your weight loss goals. By doing aerobic exercise, you are burning even more calories so the tool adds those calories to your allowable daily total. So yes, you can eat to your new limit. Personally, I try to stick to the "original" daily numbers hoping to lose more weight sooner. However, if I was really hungry, like you, sometimes I would eat more because I want to enjoy life lol. Hope this helps...good luck!
  • 890emma
    890emma Posts: 16 Member
    Tx that's kinda what l thought some days are hungrier than others trying to keep up protien and just eat oats for my carbs biscuit / porridge
  • WRLemmon
    WRLemmon Posts: 49 Member
    I just divide any calories that MFP gives me by 100 and use that number. For example if I run 4 miles and it tells me I burned 822 calories I would record only 8.
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