eating exercise caloriess back

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

and

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/173853-an-objective-look-at-eating-exercise-calories

also there is a search function for the boards. Find it. Use it.

Agreed. It makes me cranky every time I see this question re-posted : /

well then why come in and get antsy about it!?

To try and stop it. Stop being an enabler.

LOL i think you are being more an enabler by replying at all. Just think if eventually you all stopped replying with "do a search" or popcorn cracks or rude comments then the thread would go away faster. just saying... And to be fair sometimes its nice to ask the question for yourself instead of reading some one elses one. How else will other newer people get to know each other.?

I was confused about the same thing at first, but It's all about what your goals are with this diet. I'll use myself as an example.

My daily calorie intake goal is 1200 NET calories. Net calories means the amount you need to function in your EVERDAY activities that is healthy for you in order to lose weight. In other words, at the end of the day you have consumed 1200 calories in order to do your daily activities. Exercise is not considered a part of your daily activities. If you exercise, you are burning even more calories than you normally would. Say I ate about 1200 calories during the day, went to the gym, and burned off about 300. Because i performed activities that are not a part of my daily routine and burned calories that I did need for that daily routine, my net calorie intake is now 900.

Think of it this way: Exercise take calories away from the amount you need to function. Depending on your activity level and calorie intake this can be a good thing or a bad thing. If I ate too many calories that day, exercise would be a good thing because it would burn off the extra calories. If I was a little more active than normal that day, exercise taking those calories might not be a good thing because I could become weak by the end of the day (with three jobs, I can't afford that). On those days I would eat back the calories.

As long as you are at your MFP net goal at the end of the day, exercise or not, you will be fine. Just make sure you aren't crash dieting by eating ONLY those calories and then burning off a ton at the gym. Your body could become weak as a result.

Hope this helped.

Wow. It's nice to see so many positive people out there this evening. It warms the heart.

Anyway, to answer the original poster I had a lot of weight to lose when I first started and I didn't eat my exercise calories back. As I got a little closer to my goal I started eating some of them and now I eat most if not all of them back. One more pants size will put my waist to height ratio in the healthy range and if it follows the same pattern I'll need to lose about 15 more lbs. My weight loss has slowed considerably since I started eating my exercise calories back but other than a 2 week plateau I have consistently lost weight every week.

My opinion (and I stress that it is only my opinion before all of you "positive" types start in) is that you need to figure out what works for you. We're all different and what works for one person may not be right for someone else. That being said, I think 1000 calories a day seems a little low especially that's not taking into account the calories you're burning through exercise. Once again, my opinion. I've not living your life so I can't presume to tell you what to do only offer my opinion.

Be healthy and good luck with everything.

Steve

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

and

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/173853-an-objective-look-at-eating-exercise-calories

also there is a search function for the boards. Find it. Use it.

Agreed. It makes me cranky every time I see this question re-posted : /

well then why come in and get antsy about it!?

You've been here a year and a half, and made 16 posts? It would be great if you came in more often and helped these newcomers. We've been doing that.

It's like griping about the government but you never vote.

true yes - thank you. i will therefore not be replying to board posts anymore.

I've heard blanket statements work for everyone. Confirm/deny?