Who does not eat back exercise calories???

I do not eat mine back. I zig zag my calories and eat the amount I am supposed to eat per day. I eat from 1400 to 1800 on varying days. I usually burn from 400 to 500 calories of exercise 6 days a week. I am losing great. I have had some bumps a long the way, but in general, my diet is working out great! There are days when I feel hungry, but not most days. I am almost to my goal and should be there within a month maybe.

I don't. I normally burn 800-1000 calories a day, and I just could never eat that many additional calories! I eat 1200... ya ya I only net a few hundred, bad me. But it's working I've lost 11 lbs. in the past 45 days. 157 down to 146, so I'm gonna stick with it and if I plateau I'll re-evaluate.

I can pretty much guarantee that you won't see a loss for very long. Plenty of studies have shown that the bigger the calorie deficit the harder it is to keep your initial loss off. You may lose a lot of weight in the beginning but once you increase your calories your body will rebound and you'll gain again. That's why so many dieters experience a yo-yo effect.

The best way to lose fat is to get yourself into habits you can live with for the rest of your life. Eat a healthy, balanced diet with the occasional treat, and get plenty of exercise both from the gym and from your everyday life. Take the stairs, park farther away from the grocery store, just generally stay active. Of course, in order to burn fat you'll need to have a calorie deficit but it doesn't need to be huge. 200-500 calories less is really all you need. You'll keep your body healthier that way.

Great question, I want to see how many people are losing if not eating back their exercise calorie. That is such a confusing topic. I have been eating some back and my weight loss is going by REAL SLOW. I would love to have a simple formula for losing weight...Help

Slow is good! The slower it comes off the more likely it is to STAY off. And the simple formula for losing weight? Do what MFP tells you to do. Seriously - it really doesn't get any simpler.

That said - I don't have anything to say to the OP really. I eat mine. Always.

I do eat some if im hungry but I don't normally

I tried to not eat mine back at first and I felt like CRAP. I couldn't do it. I'd literally get sick. It seems to work for a lot of people though. I'm sure it makes a difference with how much you have to lose too. I've never had that much to lose, and I usually work out pretty hard, so I think my calorie count would be severely low if I didn't. My body sends me VERY clear signals that it is not at all happy if I don't eat my calories back.

You have to keep in mind too though that it also depends on your net goal vs. what you've ate and burned. If you have a goal of 1400 cals (like me) and you eat 2000 cals that day, but only burn off 600 cals through exercise, then you've only managed to set your net back to 1400. You'd NOT eat back any of those calories because then you'd go over your goal again. On the other hand, if you've burned 700 that day then you'd eat back 100 (which will put your net at 1400-your goal). SO, it's really not as simple as "do or don't I eat them back," ya gotta do the math to see where you are (which MFP does for you if you use it like it's intended)!

I don't eat my exercise calories. I went through a nutrition class at the health system I work at and I meet with a dietitian regularly. The dietitian told me that unless I am extensively exercising (not just a half hour to an hour a day) I don't need to worry about eating what I burnt during exercise. I try to stay close to eating 1300 calories per day and if I exercise I may go up to 1400. I am a slow loser, and I gain if I eat more than 1400 on average.

I think you just need to work with your body to find out what works best for you but in doing so be mindful that your body needs fuel in the form of nutritious food to stay running.

I have never eaten mine back! I have lots of energy and I kept losing and havn't gained either!

I don't eat mine back, never have. I don't see the point. I've lost an average of 1.5lbs a week without hardly working out. Now that i'm working out a lot I still don't eat them back & I never feel drowsy & weak.

i don't eat mine unless i'm hugry or i'm going out. i'm losing about 1.5lbs a week.

my mother's brother's cousins' ex-wife's brother in law does not

I only eat them back if I am hungry.

my mother's brother's cousins' ex-wife's brother in law does not

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If you have a hard time staying on a diet in the first place, it's probably better to eat back your exercise calories. If you're in the game for life, I wouldn't worry about it too much. It depends on the individual. When a person is new to the weight-loss game, I tell them to eat those calories back, because I simply don't want them feeling like they're starving to death. It's all fun and games until you catch them behind the refrigerator with a ten-foot hoagie with a look of guilt on their faces. So, if you have been on this site, or any site, for awhile, and you haven't been eating back your exercise calories, good for you. Stay in the game for life. And if you've been munching back those calories after you've done your furious workouts, but still in the game, good for you too. We're all stroking this baby a little differently, but losing, and that makes it all good.

i eat back 1/4 or 1/3 of my exercise calories and im doing great and feel great lol

Is it weird that I'm more hungry (and usually end up eating more) on days that I don't exercise (or burn as many calories). It's ok if I'm a freak, you guys can tell me. :huh:

Don't endorphins curb appetite? If so, that makes perfect sense that you're more hungry when you don't workout!