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hisamazinggirl
hisamazinggirl Posts: 38 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So I've been thinking . If I eat let's say 1200 calories and workout 600.Can I eat the 600 calories back and still be like I ate 1200 calories?

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  • hisamazinggirl
    hisamazinggirl Posts: 38 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    You're supposed to, on this site.

    I'm saying would it be 1800 calories or still be 1200?
  • af240
    af240 Posts: 37 Member
    In theory, yes. However, many people choose to only eat a portion of their exercise calories back since you can't truly know for sure how much you burned, and most devices that measure calorie burn tend to over estimate.

    Try eating half your exercise calories back and check your progress after a few weeks. If you are losing at a faster rate than you expected then you can probably get away with eating 3/4 to all of the calories back.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    hisamazinggirl wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    You're supposed to, on this site.

    I'm saying would it be 1800 calories or still be 1200?

    Well, you'd be eating 1800 calories. That wouldn't change. But your body would be burning 600 more calories than if you didn't exercise.
  • MonkeyMel21
    MonkeyMel21 Posts: 2,396 Member
    It would be net 1200 (so yes, just like you actually only ate 1200 and didn't work out)
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    hisamazinggirl wrote: »
    So I've been thinking . If I eat let's say 1200 calories and workout 600.Can I eat the 600 calories back and still be like I ate 1200 calories?

    Assuming that you actually burned 600 calories while working out, the answer is yes. But calorie burns from exercise are often way overestimated/overstated.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    hisamazinggirl wrote: »
    So I've been thinking . If I eat let's say 1200 calories and workout 600.Can I eat the 600 calories back and still be like I ate 1200 calories?

    If you truly burned 600 calories - yes, this is how MFP works.

    Perhaps start by eating 1200 + 300 (50% of 600). Try that for awhile and you will see if 300 is a closer calorie burn for you. You can tweak the calorie burn up or down after a few weeks when you have a good idea what is correct.
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