Macros and eating back calories

rachy321214
rachy321214 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey! For those of you who eat back all or a portion of your exercise or fitbit burn calories, how do you do this? Just stick to a straight calorie alotment or if you count macros do you add to a specific macro?

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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I stick to a straight calorie allotment. I try and keep my macros as normal.
  • galgenstrick
    galgenstrick Posts: 2,086 Member
    Since my protein and fats are constant, I eat back everything in carbs if I can. if you go over on protein or fat though, it's not a bid deal.
  • rachy321214
    rachy321214 Posts: 3 Member
    thanks! do you eat back all calories or less? I am trying to manage the delicate balance between maintaining a defecit for fat loss but want to maintain the muscle mass I have worked so hard on.
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    I stay with a straight calorie allotment.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    edited January 2016
    rachy321214 wrote: »
    thanks! do you eat back all calories or less? I am trying to manage the delicate balance between maintaining a defecit for fat loss but want to maintain the muscle mass I have worked so hard on.

    I try to leave a few hundred calories in the green (when I can), just to compensate for errors in logging or over estimation of fitbit calories. Maintenance may be different, I will probably eat them all back and see what happens :lol: But right now I'm in a hurry to get rid of these last few kgs that I'm erring on the side of caution.
  • rachy321214
    rachy321214 Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks everyone!
  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
    I usually only eat back half my Exercise Calories ( I usually cut the Exercise Calories in Half when I log them ) The exercise calories vary greatly between different apps so I would rather error on the Low Side than accidentally over eating. A mixture of Protein's/Crabs keeping my macros close to pre-exercise balance.
    Try to keep the Sodium low and small increase in Fat.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    Alternately, you could look into the TDEE method as opposed to MFP's NEAT method. In TDEE, which can take some time to figure out accurately, exercise is already accounted for and your calorie goals don't fluctuate.

    Both methods work, some just find TDEE easier.
  • nj2121
    nj2121 Posts: 29 Member
    I eat mostly clean foods. I do snack in moderation on back calories. I just don't go over what I'm given for the day. = Lose weight / enjoy food / achieve goals without binge eating.
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