Calories question

Renonelarock
Renonelarock Posts: 44 Member
edited November 26 in Fitness and Exercise
If I’m trying to lose and my calories are set at 1200, but then I burn 465 calories working out, should I or shouldn’t I eat those calories, the Internet is confusing and I can’t figure it out :/

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Yes, eat at least some of them.

    Some people only eat 50-75% of them, just to correct for any inconsistency.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Yes, eat them
  • Snowflake1968
    Snowflake1968 Posts: 6,979 Member
    I personally eat about 1/2 back to see a steady loss. If I'm hungry though I eat them all. Lots of people do it different ways I believe. You should do what works for you. It may take a a few weeks to figure that out though, don't get discouraged after just one day or even one week. Just my opinion.
  • Go_Deskercise
    Go_Deskercise Posts: 1,630 Member
    edited May 2018
    Eat back your exercise calories, but you don't have to eat them all back.
    1200 calories is very low
    Are you trying to be too aggressive?

    Back in April you were officially down 21.5 lbs. Keep doing what you have been doing.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    yes, i would eat about 1/2 back. if weight falls off, maybe eat more exercise calories back. if you are not losing or gaining and you're logging and weighing your food, eat less exercise calories.
    sometimes the calorie estimation is generous. but you want to eat at least 1200 calories, so if you exercise, you are netting less.
    did that make sense?
  • Renonelarock
    Renonelarock Posts: 44 Member
    I’ve lost just a pinch Jess than 30 lbs. I’ve been here 90days, I’m on the home stretch to my “goal” . I was eating back some calories sometimes and still losing but since I think I’m in a weird plateau I should ask if maybe not eating calories back will help.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    no, it will likely put you under the typically accepted amount of healthy calories.
  • Renonelarock
    Renonelarock Posts: 44 Member
    I just did the TeeDee I think with that it bumps my calorie allotment including the weight loss to 1400 something . TeeDee is 156 and it said to subtract 20% to find ideal weight loss calories ?
  • Renonelarock
    Renonelarock Posts: 44 Member
    Here’s what myfitness pal says
  • 0ysterboy
    0ysterboy Posts: 192 Member
    I'm really careful about eating any of my exercise cals. I will admit to sloppy tracking but I do consistently lose so my experience is that not eating my exercise points gives me some cushion. With that said, long runs burn lots of kcals, I commonly eat back <50% on those days.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    edited May 2018
    Renonelarock wrote: »
    I just did the TeeDee I think with that it bumps my calorie allotment including the weight loss to 1400 something . TeeDee is 156 and it said to subtract 20% to find ideal weight loss calories ?

    20% is far too big a cut when you have little weight (5lbs) left to lose.

    TDEE estimate already includes estimated exercise, it's not really bumping up your goal as the MyFitnessPal goal is a non-exercise day goal to which exercise cals are added after the event.

    Time to think ahead to weight maintenance, how will you prefer to account for your exercise? Because you will have to to be able to maintain.
    Same every day goal (TDEE) or a variable goal (MyFitnessPal)?
  • Go_Deskercise
    Go_Deskercise Posts: 1,630 Member
    Renonelarock wrote: »
    Here’s what myfitness pal says

    You should absolutely NOT be trying to lose 2 lbs/week with that little left.

    I am 5 lbs away from my goal and set to .5 lbs/week.
    Even 1 lb/week would probably be fine.
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