Realization about eating back calories

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  • SDV219
    SDV219 Posts: 106
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    I'm really going to have to look at what I eat and how to achieve eating back my calories, and at least netting 1200. Some nights I find myself sooo full, that it would hurt my stomach to eat another thing. But I don't want to stop working out everyday until I know that it is a habit, and it becomes to the point that i NEED to exercise to feel better. KWIM?? I just want to do what's healthy for my body, but I'd love for the numbers to just be falling off too! Last week after exercising for more than a week straight I gained 2 pounds!! But I never once ate my exercise calories back. This week I upped my calories, and have been trying to eat some of them back, but seem to always be at 800+ deficit. Not good. Gotta get me some of those protein bars!!
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
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    What I would like to know is this - does it work better to eat back ALL your exercise calories or just some of them? I am afraid to eat back all of them but would try it if it was proven to work better. As a rule, I only allow myself to eat back about half but I don't do this often enough to notice if it boosts the loss or not.

    Don't be afraid! It really works when you are a regular exerciser. You must give it a shot for 2 weeks and enjoy the success. (this does not mean eat them all back in the form of cupcakes, though--tee hee).

    blessings.
  • LaurnWhit
    LaurnWhit Posts: 261 Member
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    Bump!
  • NotGoddess
    NotGoddess Posts: 1,198 Member
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    What exactly is eating back your calories?? Is it okay to go over your calorie intake and then work it off to meet the goal for the day??
    Yes, but I prefer to word it as exercising to earn extra calories. That way you are earning something rather than seeing exercise as a punishment because you ate too much. And it'll keep you from falling into the mindset of 'I can have this cheesecake, I'll just do a few rounds on the treadmill later'.
  • Texalese
    Texalese Posts: 26 Member
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    Good to know! I've been wondering about this.
  • imustbegood
    imustbegood Posts: 232 Member
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    I am aiming to lose 2lb per week which put me on 1200 cals but I found I wasn't losing - have now read about eating exercise. Cals and have upper my cals to 1400 everyday to allow exercise cal eat back and itbis working much better - haven't eaten back all cals from exercise but only just started upping it :)
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
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    I eat all of mine which sometimes means I eat 2300 calories. I love it. And yeah, if i have a big workout planned (like a mountain bike ride) in the evening I eat more all day even if it means going above goal because I know the exercise will push me back below goal. It's not hard if you eat real foods and not "diet" foods.

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