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Caloric intake question
TheGoalDigger
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Help me out please. If my caloric intake is 1500 (already at a deficit) and let's say I burn 500 calories, Do I have to consume the calories I burned since I was already at a deficit?
I'm a little lost.
I'm a little lost.
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Yes. MFP doesn't count exercise calories, they're considered extra. It's advised though to only eat a portion of exercise calories since calories burned are often overestimated. Usually people eat half or so, give themselves a month and see if weight loss is happening as expected.5
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