i gain weight when i eat my exercise calories back!!

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  • Delaina1
    Delaina1 Posts: 168 Member
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    I use an HRM with a chest strap too, so I feel pretty confident that my calories are close. I only eat back some of mine, and only if I'm hungry. When I eat all of mine back, I gain or stay the same....never lose!
  • spackham
    spackham Posts: 252 Member
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    My HRM with chest strap is off. I was hooked up to a portable ekg thingy recently and it was 2 beats per minute off. So I decide to wear it all day. I made it only 20 hours and the HRM said I was already OVER 5000 cals but my BMR is only 1500. So, ya think its off a bit? With that said, I feel your frustration in wanting to know exactly your cal burn and cal consumption and all that. I am with you on wanting it to be a more exact science.
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,554 Member
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    I lose weight when I eat mine, everyone is different.

    Me too.
    Find what works for you. Maybe eating half would work for you.
  • kirstinkrueger
    kirstinkrueger Posts: 346
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    ok so i gave it a try and eating my exercise calories back just isnt doing it for me..when i wasnt eating them i was losing but since i started to try it i have put back on 3 pounds..so not doing that no more

    I do not do it either, it just doesnt work for me, like you, i either stay where i am or gain.
  • Smurfette64
    Smurfette64 Posts: 64
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    I'm the same - just sticking to the calorie limit only now too
  • Lantern823
    Lantern823 Posts: 115
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    I never eat mine back and im down 34 pounds
  • TAWoody
    TAWoody Posts: 261 Member
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    Yeah you're either adding too many calories for the exercise or too few calories for the food. It's okay to not eat them all back. Just do half or so.
  • scottRN
    scottRN Posts: 14 Member
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    I don't think the calories that MFP gives you for exercise is accurate. If I ride my stationary bike, the bike tells me that I have only burned 100 calories but MFP tells me that I have burned doubled that. I think that may cause you to be eating more calories than you actually have.

    While I think MFP does overestimate a bit, you need to remember that your bike does not know how much you weigh. The more you weigh the more you burn in that same amount of time.
  • ramosriley
    ramosriley Posts: 32
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    I don't think the calories that MFP gives you for exercise is accurate. If I ride my stationary bike, the bike tells me that I have only burned 100 calories but MFP tells me that I have burned doubled that. I think that may cause you to be eating more calories than you actually have.

    While I think MFP does overestimate a bit, you need to remember that your bike does not know how much you weigh. The more you weigh the more you burn in that same amount of time.
  • ChantalGG
    ChantalGG Posts: 2,404 Member
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    What kind of foods were you eating back? I try to eat at least half back but i use it as my after workout protein carb boost. I am only at 1200 calories so eating back for me isnt that bad, I hope.

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