Eating workout calories

teresalynnlink
teresalynnlink Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Should I be eating these calories or not if I am trying to lose body fat?

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  • crisma1974
    crisma1974 Posts: 52 Member
    Yes.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    edited June 2019
    I think the trick is knowing how much you burned ABOVE what your body would normally burn at rest.

    If you eat ALL the calories that your calculator says you burned during that exercise period, some are already allotted for in your daily goal.

    I found eating back half of what calculators said I burned was a good short cut.
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    if you are getting your calories to eat using MFP calculations, yes you need to eat a reasonable estimate of your exercise calories.

    MPF gives you the amount to eat ASSUMING NO PURPOSEFUL EXERCISE for the rate of loss selected. when you exercise above that you increase the calorie deficit which is not a good thing. eating too little is bad.

    here is a better exaplanation
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10503681/exercise-calories-do-i-eat-these-a-video-explanation/p1
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,895 Member
    Unlike other sites which use TDEE calculators, MFP uses the NEAT method (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis), and as such this system is designed for exercise calories to be eaten back. However, many consider the burns given by MFP to be inflated for them and only eat a percentage, such as 50%, back. Others, however, are able to lose weight while eating 100% of their exercise calories.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/818082/exercise-calories-again-wtf/p1
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    Try eating back about half of these 'bonus' calories. Do that for a few weeks. If weight loss stalls, it generally means you either aren't logging what you eat completely, or your exercise burns less calories than you think. Both scenarios are very common. :)

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