Eating back burned calories
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a program i was on before didn't give you "reward calories" & most days i was fine because we had 4 days of 1200 & 3 of 1400 calories. however, i did at first eat what i earned from exercise but then decided i wasn't going to partake of the "reward" anymore unless i was having a piece of b-day cake, etc.0
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I don't purposely aim to eat them back, but if I am hungry I will eat. It also allows me a little buffer for those days that I slack off.0
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That's pretty funny!0 -
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eat them back. if you go into starvation mode (i think that is under 1200 calories a day, but it may vary depending on the person) , it will cause your metabolism to slow down and your body will store more fat.0
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eat them back. if you go into starvation mode (i think that is under 1200 calories a day, but it may vary depending on the person) , it will cause your metabolism to slow down and your body will store more fat.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/390234-does-starvation-mode-exist-and-what-is-it0 -
I find this topic interesting to say the least. No, I cannot add to it much in regards to whether to eat them or not. I do know that MFP does underestimate my calories burned. I have a ProForm treadmill that monitors heart rate and calculates calories burned. It also an adjustable incline setting, so if I put in 3.5 mph for 34 minutes, it comes up with 200-something, when the machine comes up with close to 400. I believe it is because I have the machine at the steepest incline which increases calories burned.
Just curious what others think about that.
I will use burned calories, but only once did I use all of them. I lost 2.8 pounds then! So I really do think that it does the body good to eat them once in a while.0 -
I find this topic interesting to say the least. No, I cannot add to it much in regards to whether to eat them or not. I do know that MFP does underestimate my calories burned. I have a ProForm treadmill that monitors heart rate and calculates calories burned. It also an adjustable incline setting, so if I put in 3.5 mph for 34 minutes, it comes up with 200-something, when the machine comes up with close to 400. I believe it is because I have the machine at the steepest incline which increases calories burned.
Just curious what others think about that.
I will use burned calories, but only once did I use all of them. I lost 2.8 pounds then! So I really do think that it does the body good to eat them once in a while.
Most of the machines will be off too - it gives a general calculation based on the info you put in - usually weight and age...to get the closest calculation you need a HRM that can do personal settings...I find when I am doing Cardio the machine will give me say 375 calories for 30 minutes, my HRM will give me 325 and MFP will say something like 425...When I do my kickboxing class I will usually burn about 375-400 in my 45 minute class - when I go to put it in MFP it wants to give me a calorie burn of almost 600...0 -
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It's not counter-productive. But obviously, the more you eat back, the slower your weight loss will be. I think if you're hungry, you should eat; your body is telling you it needs fuel.
If you don't eat enough by not eating back exercise calories, the slower your weight loss will be. You will slow down your metabolism by not eating enough.
We can't always trust our bodies to tell us when we are hungry. Plenty of us have gotten here because of emotional or boredom eating. Your mind can track you into being hungry.
That is just a crutch! We didn't just come here to lose weight. We came here to learn how to understand our bodies signals. Its not your body that you can't trust. It is your head and your own will power.0 -
Personally, you should absolutely eat them if you are hungry. However, IF you are obese, your body can handle the deep calorie deficit. As far as metabolic burns, the body behaves differently depending on your ratio of fat to muscle, and therefore, the need to depend on food calories changes as you lose weight. I have not yet gone from being obese to overweight. Yet there are times when I absolutely have to eat those calories, and there are times when I don't.0
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It's not counter-productive. But obviously, the more you eat back, the slower your weight loss will be. I think if you're hungry, you should eat; your body is telling you it needs fuel.
If you don't eat enough by not eating back exercise calories, the slower your weight loss will be. You will slow down your metabolism by not eating enough.
We can't always trust our bodies to tell us when we are hungry. Plenty of us have gotten here because of emotional or boredom eating. Your mind can trick you into being hungry.
That is just a crutch! We didn't just come here to lose weight. We came here to learn how to understand our bodies signals. Its not your body that you can't trust. It is your head and your own will power.
That's what I'm saying. Some of us can't differentiate those signals yet. If you can't do that yet, you can't just trust your body and mind to work together. In addition, a lot of people have gained weight because they do not eat enough. In this case, they need to retrain their body to want more food to fuel itself.
No matter what, MFP is set up to eat exercise calories. There is still a healthy caloric deficit while doing so.0 -
Thanks everyone for your replies. So far, I have NOT been eating them back (or very little). I have lost significant inches but am now at a plateau. I am set to weigh and measure again tomorrow so I will know a little more then how that has been working(or not).
I have been basing by calorie burn off the cardio machines at the gym (not MFP) and will be getting a HRM soon to better gauge that.
I will start eating more of my calories and see where that puts me. It makes sense to eat after I workout and am ravenous but I need to focus on eating the right nutrient dense foods as well.
thanks again!
-Jenn0 -
Not in the obese range at all. According to my bmi, I am just barely in the overweight range. I have never had my body fat measured, but I can only assume its higher than it needs to bePersonally, you should absolutely eat them if you are hungry. However, IF you are obese, your body can handle the deep calorie deficit. As far as metabolic burns, the body behaves differently depending on your ratio of fat to muscle, and therefore, the need to depend on food calories changes as you lose weight. I have not yet gone from being obese to overweight. Yet there are times when I absolutely have to eat those calories, and there are times when I don't.0
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Thanks everyone for your replies. So far, I have NOT been eating them back (or very little). I have lost significant inches but am now at a plateau. I am set to weigh and measure again tomorrow so I will know a little more then how that has been working(or not).
I have been basing by calorie burn off the cardio machines at the gym (not MFP) and will be getting a HRM soon to better gauge that.
I will start eating more of my calories and see where that puts me. It makes sense to eat after I workout and am ravenous but I need to focus on eating the right nutrient dense foods as well.
thanks again!
-Jenn0 -
Just a few quick thoughts on this:
I wasn't eating back my calories at first, and I wasn't losing any weight. I couldn't figure out why, but then when I upped my calories and started eating some of them back I dropped almost two pounds in two days. I don't always eat them all back, but if I don't eat back some then I don't lose weight. I was eating around 1200 calories a day and burning between 300 to 400 in cardio. Now I eat a little over a hundred calories pre and post workout. This seems to really help.
Also, I try to eat consistently so I don't feel like I'm starving. If I don't eat enough I freak out and end up eating wayyyyyy too much!0
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