Extra calories
Yakker04
Posts: 75 Member
Ok so I was told to eat back my excercise calories on here. I've put on weight since doing that I was told not to eat them but every one who commented said eat them
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how long have you been tracking? were you eating the goal set by MFP?
where you maintaining on that? for how long were you counting and maintaining? (this is in maitenance so I assume your goal is maintenance?)
how long have you been eating back the exercise calories now?
how much are the exercise calories worth? (what do they add up to)?4 -
You should be eating back the calories you actually burn from exercise. Sometimes it can be hard to get an exact estimate, as most calculators overestimate. So some people start by eating 50-75% of their exercise calories back and seeing how that works out for them, so they get a better idea of their actual calorie burn.5
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there is also a HUGE middle ground between eating back ZERO exercise calories and ALL the estimated exercise calories.
try eating back 75%.
what was your rate of loss and over how long (what is "for months" how long is that)?4 -
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was the advice here not helpful? you also say here you are not gaining and that was just a few days ago. are you saying the scale has gone up just the lsat few days? if so that could just be extra food in transit or random water retention.
there was also suggestions to build up and slowly add exercise calories (ex: adding 200 one week and seeing what your weight does)
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/43555466#Comment_43555466
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/43512680#Comment_435126808 -
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I consider that in general 1lb (453.5g) of WEIGHT TREND CHANGE is caused by a 3,500 Calorie imbalance.
A weight trend is meaningful when you look at it from the perspective of a few weeks, not a few days.
If you're subject to monthly hormonal cycles that often cause water retention, you'd best include a complete cycle in the time frame you consider (so look at 4+ weeks).
Otherwise 2 to 3 weeks would usually be enough to get a sense as to how fast and in which direction your weight trend is moving.
I, personally, consider an up to 2 lb swing (up or down) in my WEIGHT TREND to be successful maintenance.
The above information together with consistent logging of your calories in and out is sufficient for you to figure out how many of your exercise calories you should be eating.
You can use Libra, Happy Scale, Trendweight.com or weightgrapher.com and others to establish your weight trend.
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I tend to eat back 50%, unless I'm really hungry then I figure my body wants it.2
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was the advice here not helpful? you also say here you are not gaining and that was just a few days ago. are you saying the scale has gone up just the lsat few days? if so that could just be extra food in transit or random water retention.
there was also suggestions to build up and slowly add exercise calories (ex: adding 200 one week and seeing what your weight does)
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/43555466#Comment_43555466
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/43512680#Comment_43512680
I wasn't gaining but weighed myself yesterday morning and this morning and have put on weight. Maybe it was those days from last 3 weeks once a week I went over my calories by over 1000 just craved food but even still I was well under rest of week.
It was likely sodium and water weight - that typically happens when you increase calories but it will go back down in a day or so1 -
As you keep your diary private it's impossible for anyone to know how accurate either your food or exercise estimates are.
Exercise calories aren't "extra calories" - they are just one of the many energy needs to your body.
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One day doesn't even mean a gain! You need to see what happens over a month or so.2
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MFP overestimates calories burned from exercise, I've found. Here's what I do: after 30 minutes of jogging, it will tell me I burned 350 calories, so I adjust it down to 250. After an hour on the elliptical, it may tell me I burned 700: I adjust that down to 500 calories. I eat back some of these calories, not all of them, and I am steadily losing weight from week to week. Good luck!0
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How much weight though have you gained back? It’s my understanding that 1-3ish lb could be from sodium, extra food in your intestines... it mathematically cannot be fat if you are estimating your burns correctly. But I am sure that in my maintenance I am going to see fluctuations that make me want to pull back a little as well!0
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