Should I be eating more calories on workout days?

claireswhite8744
claireswhite8744 Posts: 1 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Should I eat more calories on days I work out ?

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  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,964 Spam Moderator
    You should log your workout, and then MFP will adjust your calorie goal. Try to get close to your goal.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,790 Member
    Yes, you should. Be realistic with the workout calories though as those tend to me a bit overstated at times. If you're uncertain about calories you can provide us with more information, your current stats and what you did for how long.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 38,439 Community Helper
    Assuming you set your MFP activity level as per instructions, i.e., just including your daily life activities (but not intentional exercise) . . . then yes, log your exercise and eat back at least a fair fraction of those calories, too.

    Some people worry that exercise calories are over-estimated, so eat back only a certain percent, like 50-75%, until they figure out whether they're losing weight at something around the expected rate as averaged over 4-6 weeks.

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