Survey NOT a Debate - Exercise Calories

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  • Artemis726
    Artemis726 Posts: 587 Member
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    1. Do you eat back your calories

    I eat most of them back, leaving a little bit of wiggle room to account for bad food measuring. :)

    2. Are you losing weight consistently.

    Yes- Eating them back has been key for me, and I broke through an over 2 year plateau once my body got over the extra food. Before MFP- I would eat around 1200 calories period, and completely stalled out. Now I really try to get at least 1200 net and to create a 500-700 deficit a day ONLY.
  • hyde1977
    hyde1977 Posts: 476 Member
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    Yes and Yes- started losing more when I started to eat them back (but to be honest I don't eat them all back just about 40-50% back)
  • 2112540
    2112540 Posts: 71
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    No I don't:/ I have been losing weight quickly and until that ends I don't want to change a thing! My caloric limit is 1,500 cals a day but I aim for 1,300 on less intense days and 1,400 on days I work out hard! If I'm hungry on either of these days I always eat more but I'm usually perfect right where I'm at!
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
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    :angry: My way only!! :angry:

    1. I don't always eat them back
    2. Yes, when I'm disciplined

    :happy:
  • WowieGarcia
    WowieGarcia Posts: 68
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    :)
  • gibbonm
    gibbonm Posts: 26 Member
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    NO - 90% of the time, and only a few if i do

    YES - Steady weigth loss for me.
  • cobarlo14
    cobarlo14 Posts: 582 Member
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    1. Normally no ( I still have alot of weight to lose) but if I am hungry and I am low on protein I do eat only SOME back...
    2. Yes, slowly (and happy with that :) )

    Good luck to you!!!!
  • mmiiaa
    mmiiaa Posts: 171 Member
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    1. Sometimes. Depends on how many there are. I will only eat up 300 - 500 back.
    2. When I'm doing everything right, yes.
  • fridayjustleft04
    fridayjustleft04 Posts: 851 Member
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    1. I do, if I don't workout at night. (It's just too much work to eat 600 calories at 9 pm).
    2. I am..at least a pound a week.
  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
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    1. I usually eat about half of them, but sometimes eat them all
    2. Yes, consistently losing weight. Haven't had any plateaus along the way at all!
  • robinaddison
    robinaddison Posts: 232 Member
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    Yes I eat some of them (approximate 50%). I have consistently lost 0.5-1lb per week since the end of Jan.
  • waterjogger
    waterjogger Posts: 114
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    1. No, I don't eat my exercise calories.
    2. Yes, I've been losing 1-2 pounds per week.
    :flowerforyou:
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
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    :angry: My way only!! :angry:

    1. I don't always eat them back
    2. Yes, when I'm disciplined

    :happy:

    ^^That.
  • cspence2270
    cspence2270 Posts: 229 Member
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    1. No, unless I am really hungry and than I will not eat all of them. I actually try to stay under or at my calorie goal and not eat them. But I have over 120 lbs left to loose.

    l. Yes!! I have lost 24 lbs in 3 months. It's usually 2 lbs or just over every week. I exercise 6 days a week for 45-60 minutes and 3 of those work outs are weight lifting. I think that is extremely important. Muscle burns more calories even at rest.
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
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    1. Yes (although please don't look at my recent diary -- I was out of town, and then I've been sick and can't eat much.)
    2. Absolutely.
  • VanessaFaith
    VanessaFaith Posts: 171 Member
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    1. No, never
    2. Yes, consistently. I've lost 71 pounds in the past 4 months (with lots of exercise and lots of water drinking :-)

    Good question!
  • SimplyDeLish
    SimplyDeLish Posts: 539
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    Don't eat them back.
    Loss is about 1 pound per week.
  • seasonalvoodoo
    seasonalvoodoo Posts: 380 Member
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    1. Yes

    2. Yes (52 lbs since Jan 3rd)
  • Panda_Jack
    Panda_Jack Posts: 829 Member
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    yes and yes
  • abeautifulmess
    abeautifulmess Posts: 37 Member
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    1. Nope
    2. Yes (only once I stopped eating them back..)

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