Exercise burned increases food intake ???

http://shouldieatmyexercisecalories.com/

(This is meant all in good fun.)

If your net calories (1200 - exercise + food) is lower than 1200 you did not deliver enough energy and therefore your body will switch to power stored in your muscles and consume it.
Having less muscles will slow down your metabolism and your weight loss will not go on.
The more muscles you have, the faster your metabolism works and will burn the fat stored.

Hey there!

Basically, if you were to set your calories at a level based upon just your every day routine, that'd be all you'd eat. When you exercise, it adds on expended calories, so in theory - you'd be able to eat more. No, you don't have to eat the calories added on from the exercise you do. However, you will find that, most times, you will be hungrier on the days you exercise. Does any of this make sense?

Say that, just me sitting around all day...to stay the same weight I could eat 2500 Cal/day. If I want to lose weight, say I go down to 2000 Cal/day - still with no exercise. Well, if I add an hour of kickboxing each day and I burn around 1000 Cal, that would allow me to eat a little more b/c I'd have burned extra calories than if I'd just been sitting around all day.

I don't think I'm explaining it in the best way possible, but I hope I'm helping to get you somewhere.

I wish you well.

*smiles*

Jean

Im not sure I get what your asking. Why would it be necessary to eat what you´ve burned? If you want to loose weight you need to be on eating less then you burn. If you want to gain weight its the opposite.

Yes, you should always try to eat some back. If you are using MFP to track your food intake, it is already preset with a calorie deficit. Too much of one will slow and even stop your weight loss.

http://shouldieatmyexercisecalories.com/

(This is meant all in good fun.)

:laugh: That just cracked me up!!

Im not sure I get what your asking. Why would it be necessary to eat what you´ve burned? If you want to loose weight you need to be on eating less then you burn. If you want to gain weight its the opposite.

Your body requires calories to function just your average daily routine... heart beating, eyes blinking finger twitch it all takes energy to do, if you EAT less than you burn you're not even fueling your body for your workout let alone basic bodily functions.
I've stalled twice in my loss and both times to get started I increased my calories to keep losing on track.

The program gives you a calorie goal based on how many calories you can burn by sitting around doing nothing. The goal is probably about 200 calories less than you actually burn by sitting around. If you exercise, you will burn more calories and therefore can take in more calories and still have an overall deficit of 200 calories. (However, it does get confusing because the program does not show this deficit in your calorie goals, but trust me it is there.) Some people will eat the extra calories, others will not. I would try following along with what the program says and see how your weight loss goes and you can adjust whether you want to eat those extra calories based on the way your body is responding to the program.

You don't have to eat all those calories back. as long as you never create a deficit below 1200 Cals. If you consistantly go below 1200 Cals you'll eventually put yourself in Starvation mode.
Burning Cals from exercise creates a deficit. So for example, I eat 1200 Calories to meet my weight loss goals for the week. If I burn say 400 calories exercising it creates a deficit and my calories become only 800 and you should never go below 1200 calories. So for me I try to eat all my exercise cals. At first I didn't get it but when I hit a major plateau from not eatting enough cals.

I almost always eat my exercise calories back. I need them because I am not satisfied on a 1200 - 1400 kcal diet.

It can be confusing, but yes, I personally try to take in extra on the days that I workout. If I am just crusing along through a day at normal activity, my body does not require the extra energy, but I do make sure I reach my goal for that day (my body needs it just to function). But on days that I am pushing myself with exercise, my body is going to require extra fuel to burn it. Remember that MFP has a calorie defecit built into your daily goal, and that goal will change with activity level. It is important to get your calories in whether you are being active or not. There is a science behind all of this, lucky for us they have just made it easy to follow. I try not to overthink it, if I see results then it must be working. If you track your food and activity and at the end of the day hit the green bar that says you are done, it will show you what results you can expect by doing what you did that day.