Do you eat back your calories burned from working out?

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  • janekocanpayne
    janekocanpayne Posts: 17 Member
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    I try not to unless my overall deficit ends up being more than 1000 calories for the day (fairly regular occurrence as I'm training for a marathon), in which case I top up until it's less than 1000 calories.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
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    I run, I lift. If I don't eat to fuel those activities I'll be an exhausted mess in short order.

    I eat all of my running cals back. Lifting I know doesn't burn much and is impossible to calculate, so I just give myself a small amount extra per session and eat that.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,651 Member
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    janekocanpayne wrote: »
    I try not to unless my overall deficit ends up being more than 1000 calories for the day (fairly regular occurrence as I'm training for a marathon), in which case I top up until it's less than 1000 calories.

    Wait....so your calorie goal has a deficit built in PLUS you let it get to 1000 over without eating anything back?

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