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I know I know...eating exercise calories....the debate ..but...

kwohl
kwohl Posts: 58 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Do you eat back your exercise? How much? I feel so hungry when I work out 5 days a week....

And how do your measure your exercise calories?

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  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    the only time i eat them back is if i do a lot of cardio, like 45 minutes or more of steady state cardio. And i measure them by just how i feel, which really isn't very scientific. I eat about 150 calories of carbs back per hour of steady state cardio if i feel hungry.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    edited March 2016
    Yes, because I want to keep my body fueled enough to continue working out. And I love food, so I will exploit the crap out of those exercise calories.

    Edit: Realized I forgot to write about your 2nd question. I used to use a HRM. I've also used the TDEE method instead of calculating the individual workouts, you eat the same amount everyday. I'm currently waiting on a (*HOPEFULLY B-DAY PRESENT* of the New Fitbit coming out in a couple weeks).
  • Karyn1120
    Karyn1120 Posts: 184 Member
    I never thought it would help but I find I lose more weight when I eat back the exercise calories. If I don't, the weight doesn't drop as fast.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    When I used the MFP calorie goal method, yes, I ate my exercise calories as I added them. All of them. I just logged them in the MFP exercise diary when I did that.
  • aashwill
    aashwill Posts: 64 Member
    edited March 2016
    According to MFP, I burn 800 calories just getting to and from work, and upwards of 2000 on the weekend when I ride my bike for errands and do my long runs, so I typically have to eat at least a third to a half of those to not be too hungry. I've lost 38lbs in less than two months with this method so it is working for me.
  • AigreDoux
    AigreDoux Posts: 594 Member
    I always eat back some of them, but usually not all of them. I use a Fitbit so this includes my cardio exercise and my intentional non-exercise activity like parking far away, going for a short walk at lunch, 10 min walk to a different location rather than taking the bus, etc. I don't log my strength training/weight lifting so don't eat back anything for that, but don't think that's many calories.

    This puts me in the range of 1500-1600 calories a day, which is much more manageable than 1290 MFP gives me for being sedentary, and I'm still losing 1 lb per week.
  • revolucia78
    revolucia78 Posts: 196 Member
    edited March 2016
    I don't always eat my calories back but that's usually only because I work out at night, after dinner, so eating them back is usually not always practical for me - I'm just not hungry. However, I don't let my net calories dip below 1200. My calorie goal for the day is 1675 and if my exercise puts me into a deficit that leads to a net of 1300-1400, I just leave it but usually any lower and I have a snack before bed. If I absolutely know that I'm going to work out that day I will eat more during the day to make up for the deficit.

    I measure my exercise calories with a Polar a300. I usually don't count calories that it gives me for my steps during the day and I only count steady state cardio exercise calories, although I do log all of them.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    I personally do not because I don't use mfp calculations. I use the tdee so I eat the same amount daily .
    But if you are going by mfp standards, then yes eat them back. Even if its just a portion.
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