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Do you eat back calories earned from fit bit?
Molly_234
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I am 5'2 136 pounds with a goal weight of 115. My daily calorie goal is 1400 but today it is adding 450 calories just from walking and doing my normal routine and it's only noon!. How is it possible to be in a deficient and eat over 1800 calories? It just doesn't not sound right to me.
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I feel like my Fitbit overestimates calories burned so I don't eat them. My calorie goal is 1970 though so it's plenty. I don't usually feel the need to eat more than that.2
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what's your activity setting on MFP?0
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I eat back all my Fitbit calories. I did this when I was losing weight and I am still doing it now that I am maintaining. I know other people here have also had success with this method.
If your daily routine includes movement, it's very possible that 1,800 calories could be a deficit for you. The way to find out would be to eat back your adjustments and monitor the results. If you find you don't lose or even gain, then you know it's too much and you can adjust. Another thing you could try would be to eat back a portion of the results. If you find yourself losing too quickly, you can always eat back more.
Your real life results are always going to be your best guide.7 -
leooftheyear wrote: »what's your activity setting on MFP?
I put sedentary because I work a desk job and pretty much sit all day long. I do exercise 3 to 5 days a week. Nothing crazy just some cycling and a little strength training. I don't feel like I work out hard enough to log the exercise.
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Mine are extremely high, so I don't eat anywhere near all of them1
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I like to drink them.11
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Are you losing? If so then eat some of them back. I use them as a buffer, I eat up to 50% of mine, depends how the day is going though. I agree it feels odd eating them back. Try it and see how you go0
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Half way through my 60 lb loss I synced a fitbit, ate the extra calories it gave me and my loss completely stopped for a few months. I think the extra steps were covering for logging errors. Unhooked them and picked the loss back up.2
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1800 would put my sister in a deficit and she is smaller than you...
I eat them back when I need them otherwise eh as long as I hit 1600 gross I am good.2 -
I don't eat more just because it says I have extra calories after a workout. I try to stick to my meal plan and only snack if I'm hungry.1
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I don't eat them back. If I get super hungry and I worked out that day I may let myself have 100-200cal back but usually I stick to my calorie goal.2
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Depends on the day/my hunger levels. Like an above poster, I use them as a buffer. Try to not eat more than 50% of them though, if I can help it.1
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KANGOOJUMPS wrote: »I like to drink them.
Vouch.0 -
Totally off topic, but whenever I see this thread listed, I read it as "do you eat black calories....."
And I'm all confused thinking there is yet ANOTHER fitness/weight loss thing I have to learn about....black calories.0 -
Totally off topic, but whenever I see this thread listed, I read it as "do you eat black calories....."
And I'm all confused thinking there is yet ANOTHER fitness/weight loss thing I have to learn about....black calories.
Excuse me, they prefer to be called African American calories, thank you. ;P1 -
my bad.
I was thinking of it in terms of an account...red bad, black good!0 -
I only eat mine back if I'm hungry. I just make sure I eat enough to get my 1200 net. The only time I don't do that is on a saterday night. On saterday I like to go to the pub for a drink or two with some freinds. I make sure I walk there to get extra steps in and I have all my exercise callories.1
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Some, but not all - I too feel like it's too generous with calories burned.2
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I agree with @janejellyroll. My Fitbit is very accurate at calculating my TDEE. When I eat back my calories I still lose. I am set to sedentary so that on a weekend that is lazier than normal, I simply don't have as many extra calories to eat.2
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1800 would put my sister in a deficit and she is smaller than you...
I eat them back when I need them otherwise eh as long as I hit 1600 gross I am good.
And I'm 5'4 114lbs and I would be gaining mad weight on 1800cals. I bulked on 1750. Can't compare person to person.
At OP...I'm also set to sedentary and get similar Fitbit calories. Again...if I ate them all I would definitely be gaining. I tend to eat 1/4-1/2 of them depending on how much I feel I can get away with based on my day.
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