'exercise calories'

_ I do not eat them back. I mean, as long as ate my starting calories before exercise, that is. I just do not see the point in eating the calories you just work hard to lose. It is just stupid in my opinion.

_ I do not eat them back. I mean, as long as ate my starting calories before exercise, that is. I just do not see the point in eating the calories you just work hard to lose. It is just stupid in my opinion.

Unlike most other programs, MFP assumes you aren't going to exercise when you put in all of your information. So, the daily calories it gives you already includes a deficit meant to help you lose the amount of weight, in the amount of time you put into the site.

So, if MFP tells you to eat 1200 calories a day - 400 calories you burn during exercise = 800 NET calories. This is how many calories you are REALLY eating + 400 calories eaten back after exercise = 1200 which is the original goal MFP set for you. Now, it will show that you ate 1600, but you didn't since you burned 400 during exercise.

Too big of a calorie deficit - while effective at first in weight loss doesn't tend to last long term. Eventually your body thinks it is starving to death and stops losing weight. It'll begin storing fat and burning muscle for fuel because it isn't getting enough food. You don't want this to happen - you want your body to be comfortable enough that it burns the fat and builds muscle. Muscle burns more calories on a daily basis. Fat burns none.

Unlike most other programs, MFP assumes you aren't going to exercise when you put in all of your information. So, the daily calories it gives you already includes a deficit meant to help you lose the amount of weight, in the amount of time you put into the site.

So, if MFP tells you to eat 1200 calories a day - 400 calories you burn during exercise = 800 NET calories. This is how many calories you are REALLY eating + 400 calories eaten back after exercise = 1200 which is the original goal MFP set for you. Now, it will show that you ate 1600, but you didn't since you burned 400 during exercise.

Too big of a calorie deficit - while effective at first in weight loss doesn't tend to last long term. Eventually your body thinks it is starving to death and stops losing weight. It'll begin storing fat and burning muscle for fuel because it isn't getting enough food. You don't want this to happen - you want your body to be comfortable enough that it burns the fat and builds muscle. Muscle burns more calories on a daily basis. Fat burns none.

This is what I have been taught as well.

I can't always eat all mine back - but I aim for half. Sometimes I think I'll just have a chocolate or something to make it up, but that's kinda counter-productive, so I don't. If I'm hungry, I'll try to fill up with steamed veg or some grilled chicken, or some nutrient-rich snacks, but I'm not going to eat just for the sake of eating.

I like to use the weekly tool on the iPhone too - it gives you an average for the week. Some days I'm slightly over, some days I'm slightly under, but as long as it's under for the week I don't worry too much.

I eat most of them back most of the time, and that's what works best for me. I've lost weight before, but this is the first time I've really lost FAT, and I credit that to fueling my body properly.

I know the online body fat percentage calculators aren't the most accurate way to judge, but according to my measurements, in the last pound I lost, my lean body mass went up two pounds. So if that's correct, I lost three pounds of fat and gained two pounds of muscle... and that just ROCKS!