Calories burned during exercise

Akinkopf
Akinkopf Posts: 26 Member
edited October 2 in Health and Weight Loss
this may be a stupid question but are you suppose to eat the calories back that you burn during exercise? Thanks.

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    this may be a stupid question but are you suppose to eat the calories back that you burn during exercise? Thanks.

    Huge debate on this forum, but yes you should. Check out the link below for good info as well.



    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/282320-caloric-intake-body-fat
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Yes.
  • lynnmarie60
    lynnmarie60 Posts: 325
    yes, you are suppose to.
  • Akinkopf
    Akinkopf Posts: 26 Member
    Thank you so much!
  • donita51
    donita51 Posts: 2
    I don't think its a stupid question,I wonder that myself. If I burn a lot with exercise, then it tells me my body might think I,m starving it. But then the next day if I don't exercise I am eating too much. I would like the answer also.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    I don't think its a stupid question,I wonder that myself. If I burn a lot with exercise, then it tells me my body might think I,m starving it. But then the next day if I don't exercise I am eating too much. I would like the answer also.
    Well there are multiple methods to figure out caloric needs. You can use a tool like below and factor in lifestyle and exercise to figure out what you should eat on a daily basis. Doing this you won't have to eat back exercise calories as it's baked into the number. The other option is go by MFP's way and start eating back soem exercise calories. Now you might start with 50% of the calories until you figure out what you are really burning. If you have a heart rate monitor, then you can eat back all the exercise calories. The second link is just some good information that you shoudl learn that will help you.

    http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/


    http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/
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