Survey NOT a Debate - Exercise Calories

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  • Behavior_Modification
    Behavior_Modification Posts: 24,482 Member
    1. About 50/50 - I pay attention to hunger
    2. Yes, I average 1lb a week
  • ArchyJill
    ArchyJill Posts: 548 Member
    Yes and yes.

    If I don't eat them back I will almost surely binge later in the day or week and be worse off than when I started.
  • HaleyAlli
    HaleyAlli Posts: 911 Member
    1. Yes, I usually eat back my exercise calories.
    2. Yes, for the most part, I am losing weight consistently :smile:
  • Just1forMe
    Just1forMe Posts: 624 Member
    Yes I am eating...
    Yes I used to... then I got to maintenance... now I eat more than I ever it seems to me, and actually have trouble eating it all back, but I seem to slowly still loose... I think eating back the cals helped my metabolism got to where it is... its actually faster now!

    Yes, this is key information... :)
  • Melbel85
    Melbel85 Posts: 240 Member
    1. Depends on the day
    2. Consistently losing 1-2 lbs a week
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    Yes, and yes! Weight loss had slowed, but I feel it is because I am so close to a normal body weight now.

    Ditto. I have always eaten them back and it has never slowed my progress.
  • alifer
    alifer Posts: 387 Member
    Yes. Eat at least 1/2 of exercise calories back if not all of them.
    Yes. Have been losing pretty consistently. (although I seem to lose more when I eat more - go figure)

    Although I am half way to goal and it seems to have slowed as I get closer. (Have 24 more to go)
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    I eat back some of my exercise calories, I usually leave 200-300.

    I have no idea if I am losing weight steadily, as I don't own scales, but I have lost inches fairly steadily.
  • dawnemjh
    dawnemjh Posts: 1,465 Member
    Yes I usually eat at least some of the calories back
    No. I have lost and gained same 5 pounds since february :(
  • xreinvention
    xreinvention Posts: 82 Member
    1) Normally I eat some of them back but not all. It depends on if I'm hungry or not.
    2) I've lost 11 pounds thus far by eating some of them back.
  • hillview2
    hillview2 Posts: 212 Member
    Yes, if I am hungry.
    No, if I am not hungry
    Yes, I am losing.

    Yeah that. I don't usually eat them ALL back.
  • witchyboots
    witchyboots Posts: 154 Member
    Depends. Sometimes I eat all of them back, sometimes I eat none. If I'm hungry then I have NO QUALMS about "dipping into them" so to speak.

    My scales have been moving down quite slowly recently - I put this down to changing my exercise routine (I was trying to burn 400 - 600 calories per day but I've started doing 30DS 5 times a week which only burns around 270 per session for me. I'm going to stick with that alone though because I want to find out my true results after 30 days and frankly, I am exhausted after it!) but I have lost 44lbs since January.
  • BrandNewMia
    BrandNewMia Posts: 461
    Yes and yes!
  • Elleinnz
    Elleinnz Posts: 1,661 Member
    1. Yes - some, but not all of them......most of the time.
    2. Yes - around 1kg a week....
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    1. no rarely
    2. yes
  • Terriberry
    Terriberry Posts: 100
    1. yes
    2. No not all the time:wink:
  • jenstanley13
    jenstanley13 Posts: 193 Member
    yes, I eat back most if not all of my exercise calories...depends on how hungry I am

    still very new at this and can't really say if I am losing consistently; this is my third week counting calories and my second exercising.
  • baisleac
    baisleac Posts: 2,019 Member
    1. Yes.
    2. Yes.
  • eeeekie
    eeeekie Posts: 1,011 Member
    Yes, if I am hungry I'll dip into them but not all of them
    No, if I am not hungry.
    Yes, I am losing.
  • elliecolorado
    elliecolorado Posts: 1,040
    1. I eat back some of them (about 1/3)
    2. Yes have lost consistently 2-3 pounds a week (45.4lbs in just less than 4 months).
  • bethie624
    bethie624 Posts: 16 Member
    Like most have said I eat back my exercise calories if I am hungry. When I am not hungry I do not eat them back....I just think of them as extra calories burned for that week!

    I have been losing 1 pound a week....sometimes more!
  • Hollycat
    Hollycat Posts: 372
    1. Yes, most of the time.
    2. Yes

    Hollycat
    :flowerforyou:
  • pnieuw
    pnieuw Posts: 473
    I eat back 1/2. I'm losing 1-2 pounds a week.
  • rebelontherun
    rebelontherun Posts: 192 Member
    1. Do you eat back your calories
    -I either do not eat my exercise calories back, or I eat maybe 100 or so of them back.

    2. Are you losing weight consistently.
    -I have been losing weight consistently since I stopped eating them all back :)
  • katheern
    katheern Posts: 213 Member
    1) No
    2) Yes
  • LukeEalden
    LukeEalden Posts: 38
    I eat some of them back, depending on the number I burn each day. I have lost weight every week this year apart from my week on holiday.
  • bkweibel
    bkweibel Posts: 77
    Sometimes I eat them, sometimes I don't. I have been at this for about 2.5 weeks now, and I've lost 6 pounds so far!
  • Kanzaki3
    Kanzaki3 Posts: 656 Member
    I used to eat just some of the exercise calories and lost a consistent 2 pounds each week. Now that I am at my weight goal, I'm trying to earn back some weight by building muscle. Therefore, I try my best to eat all the calories without going over sodium.
  • sufikitkat
    sufikitkat Posts: 583 Member
    Some days yes, some days no. I go by weekly counts so it can vary but I am always under for the week. I am also training for a half marathon so on long run days, etc it is just nearly impossible to eat them all back!

    I am at a point where if I lost a couple more pounds I would love it, but for the most part I am right where I need to be. But I was losing even before I started tracking consistently on MFP :-)
  • kellyscomeback
    kellyscomeback Posts: 1,369 Member
    1. Do you eat back your calories? - Yes, 80-99% of them
    2. Are you losing weight consistently? - Yes
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