Do you eat exercise calories?

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  • froeschli
    froeschli Posts: 1,292 Member
    I exercise so I CAN eat those extra calories :blushing:
  • toorisky
    toorisky Posts: 51 Member
    Never... I feel it defeats the purpose of exercising. I don't exercise to eat more I exercise to lose weight.

    I agree with you 120%.... I try not to eat the exercise calories :wink:


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  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
    Those of you who do this, do you find that you can still lose weight each week?

    I eat them and I'm losing a pound a week, my goal. If I stopped losing, I'd reconsider.
  • kaydensmom12
    kaydensmom12 Posts: 338
    I ALWAYS eat 90-100% of my exercise calories back.

    I am still losing weight, and am losing inches much more than weight.
  • snlperdue93
    snlperdue93 Posts: 210 Member
    Currently I do not eat them because my doctor wants me to stick to 1200 cals per day. I gained weight because I became a busy Mom and did not take the time to eat, so when I started working with my doc I was only eating 500-600 calories per day. So, jumping up to 1200 is very hard for me and most of the time I am scrambling to find something healthy to fill the last 200-300 cals before the end of the day.

    I am sure over the next month or two she will tell me to either up my calorie goal or start eating some of my exercise calories back now that I have a HRM, but as of now I do not eat them.
  • danipals
    danipals Posts: 143 Member
    The website is designed to calculate your deficit by doing NO EXERCISE so any exercise you do is above and beyond the existing deficit. Even if you eat every single calorie you get from doing exercise you will remain in your deficit calculated when you set up your profile here on MFP.

    The original calculation fuels your body for every day life. Eating back your exercise calories fuels your extra activity. Either way your deficit will remain the same.

    Eat for body composition, exercise for fitness, fuel both.

    Thank you! I think this concept is hard for people to realize. MFP has already done the work calculating the deficit for you without exercise!
  • dracc1989
    dracc1989 Posts: 7
    I eat them all back but I do enter in less exercise than I actually do. If I do 60 minutes of something, like kickboxing, I'll only enter in 40-45 minutes. I think this website and a lot of gym machines, like treadmills and ellipticals, actually overestimate the number of calories burned: http://running.about.com/od/treadmillrunning/f/treadmillcaloriecounter.htm.
  • PinkEarthMama
    PinkEarthMama Posts: 987 Member
    Heck yes, I eat them!

    My activity level is set to sedentary, since I work at home and a good portion of my day is spent sitting on the floor playing with babies. Therefore, if I want to lose 2lbs a week, MFP has my calories set at 1200.

    1200 is an awfully low number.

    I work out HARD 5-6 days a week, burning between 500-1000 calories a session.

    I eat them back in good food : protein, fruit, vegetables, etc so that my NET calories is around 1200. I don't stress if I'm a few calories under or over that, give or take a hundred or two.
  • big_eye
    big_eye Posts: 19 Member
    OK so here it is right from my Dietitian's mouth!!

    Today I went to weigh in and found that I have gained 2kg (4lbs), yes it was heartbreaking after all the exercise I did last week, and rewarded myself to eating up those "Bonus Calories".

    If you want to lose weight, eat less and burn more. Pure science!! Do not increase your caloric intake, as it clearly and evidently defeats the purpose of exercise.

    I can honestly say, "Lesson learned" so I will hop back onto the wagon and start again!! So going forward I will start my 21 day habit forming to maintain strictly diet and exercise and reward myself with the weight lost from exercise as any bonus...

    Take care folks and you can follow me in my blog
    "21 days"

    Eileen
  • TeresaC79
    TeresaC79 Posts: 316 Member
    OK so here it is right from my Dietitian's mouth!!

    Today I went to weigh in and found that I have gained 2kg (4lbs), yes it was heartbreaking after all the exercise I did last week, and rewarded myself to eating up those "Bonus Calories".

    If you want to lose weight, eat less and burn more. Pure science!! Do not increase your caloric intake, as it clearly and evidently defeats the purpose of exercise.

    I can honestly say, "Lesson learned" so I will hop back onto the wagon and start again!! So going forward I will start my 21 day habit forming to maintain strictly diet and exercise and reward myself with the weight lost from exercise as any bonus...

    Take care folks and you can follow me in my blog
    "21 days"

    Eileen

    Doesn't make your dietitian right.

    If she were, how would it be possible for me to lose 21 lbs in 65 days eating back 60% or more of my exercise calories?

    Your body needs fuel. If you are underrating you will slow your metabolism. Good luck with that.
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