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jadebvb92
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On days that i exercise should i eat back the calories i burned off? i have seen many varying opinions on this and i was curious as to what was healthy to do.
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A little theory for you. Say you are on 1500 calories daily with a 500 calorie deficit. Say you burn of 500 calories from exercise. Now you have a 1000 calorie deficit! So that is why you need to eat it back.
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A little theory for you. Say you are on 1500 calories daily with a 500 calorie deficit. Exercise increases your calorie deficit, why is why you would need to eat it back.
^^ it really is this simple.0
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