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Eating Excercise Calories

morcobmom
morcobmom Posts: 5 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Do you eat your excercise calories? I am eating 1200 calories, but can't decide if I should eat the excercise calories or not.

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  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    Yes, eat them all back.
  • jaga13
    jaga13 Posts: 1,149 Member
    Most of them, yes. If it's the end of the day and I have some left and am not really hungry, then I save them for the weekend (when I'm more likely to eat more). But overall, yes, I eat all or almost all back. Some people only eat back 50% to account for possible inflated exercise estimations.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    At 1200 you should, yes. You might want to be careful you aren't overestimating them, though, as for some things MFP's estimates are high.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    I eat about half
    well lately more than half, but ideally half
  • helse
    helse Posts: 35 Member
    Im on 1240 a day and have been exercising every day but if I dont eat them to try to save for weekends or eat into them by half, it wont save the log to show on my feed.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Eat them if you wish to delay weight loss.
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