Survey NOT a Debate - Exercise Calories

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  • moxleymama6
    moxleymama6 Posts: 532 Member
    When I wasn't eating them back I was losing 1-2 lbs. a week. I started eating them because so many people said I'd wreck my metabolism ...But, it hasn't worked for me. My weight loss has stalled when eating back my exercise calories.
  • Cordy_in_CT
    Cordy_in_CT Posts: 134 Member
    1. Yes
    2. Yes - 25 pounds in 4 months.
    3. Love the way you posed this question!!!! :drinker:
  • IMYarnCraz33
    IMYarnCraz33 Posts: 1,016 Member
    1) sometimes I eat them back--sometimes have a rough time meeting just the regular calories.
    2) haven't been with MFP long enough & haven't gotten my scale yet (ordering 2nite)
  • annacataldo
    annacataldo Posts: 872 Member
    1. Yes! I dont always eat them all back; i aim to get to 1400NET calories (minimum of 1200NET) most days instead of my 1600NET cuz its hard to always eat back all of them.
    2. 42 lbs in 15weeks.
  • MoonIite
    MoonIite Posts: 341 Member
    1. No, but I make sure I hover around 1400-1490 calories on workout days.
    2. Yes, I lose about 0.8 pounds a week.
  • TS65
    TS65 Posts: 1,024 Member
    1. I always eat back my exercise calories.
    2. I didn't start losing until I did.
  • kristarablue
    kristarablue Posts: 702 Member
    1. Wow…complex question for me, I do try but often fail due to lack of planning and my schedule. But I have tried many different calorie options. I did not worry about calories for the first 68 pounds and did not keep track of what I ate just began watching calories when starting MFP but it is day by day, when I don’t eat them all, I tell myself it is calorie cycling (a suggestion from one of my fellow peeps).

    2. Yes Although in saying that, if you average my loss it works out to be about 2.35 pounds a week over the last 40 weeks, in saying that many weeks can go by without losing a pound and others I lose nicely.
  • flea2449
    flea2449 Posts: 499 Member
    No I don't eat them all back
    Yes I am losing consistently
  • Kathy_Noring
    Kathy_Noring Posts: 143 Member
    I've only been at MFP two weeks now, but 1.) No, not usually, although sometimes I eat some of them back, and 2.) Yes, so far so good.
  • court428
    court428 Posts: 34
    I eat back some of my exercise calories, but not all the time. I have been losing weight so much faster than I ever even imgained!
  • amy_p
    amy_p Posts: 82
    Yes and yes!

    ( in fact, the only time my progress slows is if I don't eat my exercise calories!)
  • mdgracia
    mdgracia Posts: 20
    1. I usually eat some back but I too am zig-zagging my calories so I go a few days eating them back and a few days not eating them back. If I have a high bad carb day, I do not eat them back.
    2. Yes. I am consistently losing weight each week. But even better I am losing inches too.
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    Yes, unless I burn 700+ calories because my tummy doesn't like 2,000 calories in a day.
    Yes, 1-1.5 lbs/week.
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Yes I eat my exercise calories.
    Yes, I'm losing consistently - averaging out at 1kg per 10 days or about 1.6 pounds a week.
  • Anoble17
    Anoble17 Posts: 37 Member
    1. My calorie intake is reduced for weight loss, so eating back my exercise calories is almost required so I don't make myself sick. If I'm plus or minus 200 calories from my goal, I take it as a good day.

    2. I've lost 10 pounds so far. Lots of boxing. Little carbs.
  • cc2r1511
    cc2r1511 Posts: 127 Member
    No, I don't eat my calories back.
    Yes, I have been losing weight consistently. :) 33lbs gone so far
  • HeatherMarie1174
    HeatherMarie1174 Posts: 355
    No, never eat them back
    Yes!!!!
  • astrosnider
    astrosnider Posts: 151 Member
    1. I eat back about half the exercise calories.
    2. And no, I am not losing much weight yet.
  • singer201
    singer201 Posts: 563 Member
    Yes, I eat my exercise calories, otherwise I'd go under 1200 net calories.
    Yes, I've been losing 1-2 lbs. per week over the past 5 months (Primal Blueprint/low carb).
  • lclarkjr
    lclarkjr Posts: 359 Member
    1. Yes I eat them back (90%+ of them anyway)
    2. Yes I lose consistently (25 lbs in 25 weeks!)
  • joanneeee
    joanneeee Posts: 311 Member
    1. Do you eat back your calories
    YES
    2. Are you losing weight consistently.
    I've already reached my goal weight.
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    YES I eat them.
    YES I lose consistently.

    BTW, eating them is the only way to break that last 10-20 lbs. and live your life maintaining.

    blessings.
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    Yes, unless I burn 700+ calories because my tummy doesn't like 2,000 calories in a day.
    Yes, 1-1.5 lbs/week.

    My tummy LOVES 2000 calories a day! :)
  • sweebum
    sweebum Posts: 1,060 Member
    Yes and yes. I plateaued 6 months by not eating them.
  • brandiuntz
    brandiuntz Posts: 2,717 Member
    1. Yes, at least 50% of them.
    2. Yes.
  • skyls
    skyls Posts: 69 Member
    So far I have tried eating them ...that didn't go well, gained and lost the same 1 lb. I tried cutting sugar ... nothing ..watching sodium ..nothing, I'm exercising 5 to 6 times a week, most days burning around 400 cals, or 300 on weight days.

    Now my plan is to only eat back half and see what happens. I am short so maybe I need less.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    1. NO
    2. YES

    However, I think I should definitely let you know that I do not use MFP's recommendations for my calorie goals. They are severely low. They think I should only eat 1200 per day. I eat around 1500 for 3 days straight and the 1 day around 1800 (and repeat) because I am calorie cycling. But I average about 1520 daily during any given week.

    If I was sticking with MFP's guidelines, I would probably eat those exercise calories so I didn't starve to death.
  • Eve1972
    Eve1972 Posts: 297 Member
    No, not really.
    Yes.
  • keiraev
    keiraev Posts: 695 Member
    1. Most of the time I eat them
    2. Losing but verrrrrry slowwwwww :)
  • Persipan
    Persipan Posts: 85 Member
    1) Not usually, but I don't do massive workouts (only 200 calories or so a day) and I'll happily eat them if e.g. I'm going out.
    2) Yes.
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