if i workout i can eat more?

carshena85
carshena85 Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all according to fp, if I log my work out my calorie allowance for the day goes up. I'm confused, can i eat more when I workout and still lose weight? Please and thank you for your advice

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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/818082/exercise-calories-again-wtf/p1
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    I often go for a long walk before dinner so I can fit in exactly what I want to eat :)
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Yes! But the calorie burn estimated here tend to be a bit high for most people, so start with only about 50-75% and reevaluate after several weeks. Some people find it accurate, but most don't.
  • carshena85
    carshena85 Posts: 2 Member
    Thank you! Very helpful
  • LINIA
    LINIA Posts: 1,159 Member
    Thanks for repost
    diannethegeek wrote: »
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/818082/exercise-calories-again-wtf/p1

    @carshena85
    If you here for fitness and to be accountable for exercise, then eat back a small part of those calories burned----however, if you're here for weight loss "be careful" about adding in extra calories. if you do not create a deficit, you will not lose any weight.

  • SamuraiJake1985
    SamuraiJake1985 Posts: 44 Member
    Burn more calories than you eat is weight loss. I wouldnt go eating it back if your trying to lose weight and cut up. If you do eat very clean, don't eat just anything.
  • RobD520
    RobD520 Posts: 420 Member
    Comicartist27 wrote: »
    Burn more calories than you eat is weight loss. I wouldnt go eating it back if your trying to lose weight and cut up. If you do eat very clean, don't eat just anything.

    If you set your plan up with a deficit you can (and probably should) eat back your exercise calories. As has been noted above, starting by eating back about half is prudent as some of the estimates in MFP may be inflated for some.

    From a weight loss perspective, you don't have to be concerned about eating "clean"-whatever that means.

    I have found a balanced diet including a variety of things makes it easier for me to stay within whatever my calorie goal may be.
  • sbrya03
    sbrya03 Posts: 40 Member
    Its more better not to eat the calories u burned
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    The more you move, the more energy (calories) are required. MFP gives you a calorie target based on whatever your rate of loss goal is without any exercise...exercise is unaccounted for activity and the way you account for it with MFP is to log it and then earn extra calories to eat back.

    Think about it...if I maintain without any exercise on 2400 calories I would need to eat 1900 calories to lose 1 Lb per week. If I burn 600 calories exercising my maintenance goes up by that much too...up to 3000 calories...so I can eat 2500 calories and still lose the same 1 Lb per week because there's still a 500 calorie deficit there.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    sbrya03 wrote: »
    Its more better not to eat the calories u burned

    No, if you don't eat your calories burned through exercise, you have a bigger deficit than intended. This is ok I guess, if you have a lot to lose but for people who already are set up to lose 2 pounds a week, or who are already on a very low calorie diet (1000-1200), this can be dangerous.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,171 Member
    LINIA wrote: »
    Thanks for repost
    diannethegeek wrote: »
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/818082/exercise-calories-again-wtf/p1

    @carshena85
    If you here for fitness and to be accountable for exercise, then eat back a small part of those calories burned----however, if you're here for weight loss "be careful" about adding in extra calories. if you do not create a deficit, you will not lose any weight.

    MFP gives you a goal that includes a deficit. You do not have to exercise to lose weight. If you do exercise that increases your deficit so you should eat back a portion of the exercise calories you earn. If you use a TDEE calculator to get your goal then you do not eat back exercise calories.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    As the repost above explains.
    MFP is designed so one eats back exercise calories. It is called NEAT (none exercise activity thermogenesis).

    When one has a lot to lose the impact of not eating the exercise calories is not as noticeable. However, quite often as one gets closer to ones goal weight a decrease in everyday activity and/or under performing when exercising often happens.
    Of course at this point one is still eating the same amount, often there aren't a lot of calories to play with, and one wonders why one has stalled.

    If one does not wish to eat back exercise calories on top of their basic calories, one should use a TDEE calculator that will include them.

    Cheers, h.

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