DO you eat back your workout calories?
cmatos426
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I was wondering who eats and doesn't eat there workout calories because I do not see the sense of eating back the calories you work off because isn't that counter productive. I can be wrong I am just wondering...
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You work out to become stronger. If you don't eat back at least /some/ of those calories, basically all that hard work went to nothing.
I use to not eat back the calories, but once someone talked me into it... I feel stronger, am at a healthy weight, and can run longer distances then I could without eating those calories back.0 -
It depends on whether I'm hungry or not.
I usually eat at least some of my exercise calories back, but I eat them all if I'm still hungry. Sometimes, I'm hungry the next day after a long run or difficult workout, then I'll eat more calories THAT day.0 -
Thing is I haven't been hungry and I hate force feeding myself0
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If I am feeling hungry, I eat back my calories. Some days, I am just hungrier than others. Sometimes I almost can't seem to work out if I haven't had a little extra something. I'd say 75% of the time, I eat back my calories!0
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I usually eat back 50 min if not all of them. I don't function well if I don't0
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I eat back some of them depending on my appetite that day.0
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no i dont....0
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HELL YEAH I EARNED THOSE SUCKERS SO I AM GONNA EAT THEM DAMMIT0
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HELL YEAH I EARNED THOSE SUCKERS SO I AM GONNA EAT THEM DAMMIT
lmao xD that made me smile0 -
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I do a average of 45 minutes of cardio 6 days a week, and on occasion I eat over my calorie limit but my extra calories still keep me under my limit. It is defiantly ok to use some of your extra workout calories, that's why they are there!0
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ok feel thesame way!!!!0
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Think of it this way - you lose weight with a calorie deficit, which MFP already provides for you. 1200 calories alone will already be a calorie deficit. If you burn 600 calories, you'll be netting 600 calories.
Would you ever eat 600 calories a day to lose weight? No! It wouldn't be smart and you would lose weight at a slower pace.
At first I didn't believe in eating back calories either but I'm losing weight at a faster pace now that I have0 -
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/206951-asked-my-trainer-re-eating-back-calories
Read.....best answer to this question. Ive had this discussion quite a bit lately, but this is a good answer.0 -
yep I eat just about every one of them back I have a great HRM and I`m sure of my burn plus MFP sets my defecit already so yep I earned them I eat them0
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Yes, I do eat my exercise calories, and they are oh so tasty!0
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I do eat a little less than 1/2 of my earned calories. You need to have to eat after each workout to fuel your muscles and help burn the fat. You dont want to waste your work out. You can try a protien shake or a good smoothie thats not packed with sugar Hope this helps!0
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I always try. My weight loss is more consistant when I eat them back.0
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I try to eat back about half of my workout calories. Sometimes I don't want that much and I'm not going to eat just to eat though.0
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MFP already creates a deficit for you when you choose your activity level.
MFP is set up so that it already creates a deficit, meaning you will lose weight even if you don't exercise. When you exercise, you further increase that deficit. Think of your exercise calories like fuel. When you workout , you need energy, you need fuel. Food is fuel.
P.S. Please please use the search function before posting a thread !!0
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