Should I be eating some of my burned Calories back?

I'm on this herbalife stuff, and the coaches say not to because then you won't lose anything. Actually, I'm gaining some weight back tho...so maybe I shouldn't listen to them? Lol

You gotta remember that MFP calculates your goal calories without any regard to your exercise, UNLESS you factor in your exercise when you tell it your activity level (in which case you wouldn't eat those calories back after exercise, because they're already accounted for in your goal). Most people don't include exercise in their activity level estimation, though.

So if it takes 2000 calories per day to maintain your present weight (no exercise), and you tell it "2 lb per week loss", it will subtract 1000 from 2000 .... And then set your goal at 1200 (really a 1.5 lb per week goal) because it will not go below 1200 goal calories. If you eat 1200 a day, your daily deficit is 800 cals.

If you then exercise and burn another 200, that gets you to a deficit of 1000. You don't need to eat those back.

Burn much more, though, and you'll notice that you're fatigued. And hungry. And not losing. So EAT.

And studies have shown that chocolate milk is the perfect post-exercise food. Fluid, carbs, fat, protein, electrolytes. All in one convenient package that does not require a blender to make.

(And before you ask, the way you find out your maintenance calorie level is to go into the Goals section from My Home, set your goal to maintain your weight without exercise, and submit. That number will drop as you lose weight. Then go back and reset your real goal, but you might do better to pick 1 lb a week if you really like to see a big green number at the end of every day! If you have a goal of 1 lb per week loss, a green number up to 500 is okay.)

I'm going to disagree with some of the opinions here (and bear in mind this is just my personal opinion, I have no medical qualifications, just the knowledge I have gained over the years from reading articles and my own experience)

You're eating 1300-1600 per day. That's well above the minimum requirement, so that's a good start.

You're losing weight. Maybe not steadily each week, but that's how weight comes off - it's very annoying, but that's the way it is.

I don't know your current weight, but if you have a good bit to lose, then your body has those stores available, and isn't going to go into survival mode very quickly.

By all means fuel your workouts with quality nutrition - but eating exercise calories should be done sensibly, it's not an automatic answer to "why am I not losing".

I do think that the calories assigned to exercise by MFP can be somewhat debatable. So I usually only eat back 1/2 to 3/4 of my exercise calories,

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then observe for a couple of weeks. If losing too quick then adjust upwards accordingly.

No question, you need to eat them. I did, just since Monday, and lost 2 lbs. this week after being stuck since early Jan.at the same number! I did eat as close to all of them though, not some. I can't believe I am eating so much, healthy foods, not junk, and losing!