mixed views on exercise calories....

cloneme_losehalf
cloneme_losehalf Posts: 356 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone care to please clarify? Will it hinder the loss success if you do not eat those added calories. I would think you would want to burn more than you take in. Grant it. I have my setting at a 2 lb a week loss so maybe that matters. Any pros/cons? Is it just personal preferrance? Thanks for input.

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  • catwrangler
    catwrangler Posts: 918 Member
    Try it both ways, you may find you lose better one way or the other.
  • WifeMomDVM
    WifeMomDVM Posts: 1,025 Member
    Tah dah!

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/173853-an-objective-look-at-eating-exercise-calories
  • musicgirl88
    musicgirl88 Posts: 504 Member
    do what works for you. there are going to be people telling you what they do is right and everyone else is wrong! It is really a personal choice. Try all options. Eat them back and see what happens, or just eat half back, or don't eat any of them back! I personally have found that not eating them back has worked for me, but I also won't be afraid to go a little over because I know I have those extra calories. Just test it out to find YOUR answer! :)
  • cloneme_losehalf
    cloneme_losehalf Posts: 356 Member
    Thanks for the link. New here. Still learning to manuever around. Gets frustrating reading everything when you are looking for something particular. Thanks bunches.
  • JulieSD
    JulieSD Posts: 567
    I'm set at 1lb a week. I eat them back if I'm hungry- I cant force myself to eat, I'll be sick. Basically I try to always be over 1200cals a day.
    I'm set to 1440 cals a day, if I exercise and put myself at 900cals for the day, I try to at least get myself back up to 1200. You have to feed the body to work the body. If you're working hard, you need nutrients/proteins to help build and repair muscles. This is just my opinion and how I live my days.

    Good luck to you! :)
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    I prefer not to eat them back. But keep in mind that the calorie goal MFP gives you already takes into consideration the calorie deficit you need to meet your goals.
  • Michelle_M2002
    Michelle_M2002 Posts: 301 Member
    I have a Bodybugg, which I love. My goal burn is set at 2600 a day. So my calorie goal is at 1600 a day. If I burn 2,700 one day, then I aim to eat 1700 a day.

    Basically my goal is to have a 1,000 calorie deficit no matter how many calories I burn. Yesterday I had a 3,000 burn, but my defiict was a whoping 1,300. I COULD have eating 300 more calorires if I wanted to, but I wasn't hungry, so I didn't.

    If you're hungry, eat them. If you're not hungry, don't eat them.

    God bless!
  • Kelly_Wilson1990
    Kelly_Wilson1990 Posts: 3,245 Member
    I talked to my doctor and nutritionist about this issue. Both told me not to eat my exercise calories so I don't.
  • Enforcer25
    Enforcer25 Posts: 350 Member
    I don't plan on eating mine back, if it happens, so be it, if not I know I should lose a pound or so a week, most days I might eat some back, but like I said, I don't make a plan on if I will or will not eat them back.
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