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I can't tell if you're saying you do or do not eat back your exercise calories. I have more success when I eat most of them back.

Here is a guide to proper caloric deficits, with everyone of these it is assumed you will be eating your exercise calories. If you don't want to eat them, then change your activity level to active or very active, depending on how much you workout.
If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.

This may not give you fastest weight loss but it will be safer and help ensure that you are losing mostly fat, a too large deficit will lead to a loss of a large % lean muscle. Do you just want to lose weight, or do you want to lose fat?

If you don't eat them and only eat 1290, that would be like eating 790 and not working out (1290-500) as your goal on MFP is a net goal. Other institutions and professionals tell you not to eat them as they included exercise in setting your original calorie goal see the example of what I am talking about below:

Most trainer/doctors/nutritionists set your intake based on BMR + daily activity level + amount of planned exercise. Most professionals will tell you not to eat your exercise calories back because they added it into your TDEE, whereas MFP ignores exercise and only accounts for it when you perform it. Either way should get you to the same place (MFP sets your calorie goal based on BMR and daily activity level only)

As an example say MFP gives you 1450 calories to lose 1 lb/week, and you plan on exercising 5x/week for an average of 400 cals per workout. well MFP will tell you to eat 1450 on the days you don't workout and 1850 on the days you do whereas a "professional" may tell you to eat 1750 everyday regardless if you workout.

So for the week MFP will have you eat 12,150 (1450*2+1850*5) whereas doing it the other way will have you eat 12,250 (1750*7) almost the same number of cals for the week. The issue in not following MFP is if you don't workout the full 5 days or burn more or less than planned. If that is the case you may lose more or less than your goal, whereas MFP will have you lose your goal amount regardless how much you actually workout.

What many MFPers do is take the low 1450 and not eat back exercise calories which is wrong, if you are not eating them back then your daily activity level should reflect the higher burn with would be covered in the 1750/day above.

Think of it this way, your day to day requirements are like a tank of gas. if you use a tank of gas/week going to and from work, if you go on any extra trips or errands you will need to add more gas in order to have enough gas to get to work. So if you need 1200 for day to day stuff (you will lose weight with 1200 cals and no exercise), then when you do extra (workout) you need to put more calories in your body.

for more info please see:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/457-unofficial-mfp-faq

I eat mine and I've lost 30 lbs in 6 months. I also get my calorie burn estimate from a quality HRM with a chest strap so I can feel comfortable in eating those cals. If I had to go by MFP estimates, I'd be nervous about eating them all. But as it is I can eat them confidently and enjoy the additional nutritional value. :-)

http://shouldieatmyexercisecalories.com

Answer: Yes.

Read the threads.

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If I'm really hungry after my workout (it's always late evening) I will make a high protein snack <200 calories.

I don't eat mine back, and I am slowly but surely losing. I am on the smaller side to begin with though, so this may not work well for everyone.

I don't eat mine back, and I am slowly but surely losing. I am on the smaller side to begin with though, so this may not work well for everyone.

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The less you have to lose the more important it is to eat them, otherwise a large portion of any loss will be from lean muscle. See my response from above.

I've only been eating about 1/2 of mine back...and not seeing results....but part of that is that I eat them at like 8pm....maybe I should start eating them before I work out??? that seems backwards, but it would be worth a try i guess....

I don't know what exercise calories are......I work from a TDEE standpoint.

I never eat them back... 83 lbs lost so far.

I never eat them back... 83 lbs lost so far.

The more you have to lose the less important it is, but now that you don't have much left to lose you may want to start eating at least some of them, otherwise you will start to lose more and more muscle along with the last bit of fat.

First off, I want to say, you're doing wonderfully!
This issue is very controversial, I know, but here is my story...
I started MFP about a year ago and so far have lost 99 pounds. When I first started my journey I was desperate to lose weight and delighted in seeing that little alert that said I was eating too few calories.
I have always worked out very hard, starting with boot camp, running, weight lifting and kickboxing classes. On the average I burn about 1000 calories per day. I had remarkable success very early on, and was dropping weight like crazy, which was very motivating to me. Then it backfired on me. My hair started falling out in huge chunks and my skin was flaking off. I was weak and lethargic...but not really hungry. I had started reading alot of stuff about fueling your body for workouts then and I knew I was eating too little, but really afraid to eat more for fear my weight loss would stop. Then it happened, I hit a plateau. That lasted for THREE MONTHS. It drove me crazy!!!!!
Finally something clicked in me and I decided to start eating back some of my exercise calories. I have found that when I eat all of them, I sometimes hit plateaus, sometimes not. Ultimately I think you have to keep your body guessing. I have found the best plan for me is to cycle my calories. I usually do eat at least some of my exercise calories.
Recently I found a way to set up your MFP called the Olivia method. If you search for it on the forums there is a ton of info. I cant tell if it is right for you, but my advice to you is to make sure you keep your body out of starvation mode. I wish you lots of success in the future!

In my opinion, MFP is flawed in this calculation. The minimum amount of calories you should be eating everyday is your BMR, you can calculate this under the Tools. If you are exercising, you should be eating back at least half of them. You need to fuel your body for it to work properly.

In my opinion, MFP is flawed in this calculation. The minimum amount of calories you should be eating everyday is your BMR, you can calculate this under the Tools. If you are exercising, you should be eating back at least half of them. You need to fuel your body for it to work properly.

Good point, if you pick the proper weekly weight loss goal you should not be below your BMR, unless you have a lot to lose.