Another calorie question!! Sorry

Maybe guesstimate the calories you're planning on burning? If you have a HRM, check your logs if you do consistent workouts to see how much your burnt last time and maybe eat 80% (room for error) of those calories prior, then the rest before the day is out?

Just an idea.

I workout midday but there are lots of people who can't because of work (I use to workout on my lunch hour when I was working), I'm kinda hot on this issue with employers providing a workout room for employees. I also eat my heaviest at lunch. If I run over in calories like today (-46 calories ), I will just work harder tomorrow. So far I have lost 8 # and I seem to be on a role. After 75 yrs, I know my body pretty well. Fat and red meat are killers for me. I just have to stay away from the Popeye's and steak....

Ok, so I get the whole eat back your exercise calories but what do you do when your exercise is at the end of the day??? Currently I plan ahead and have been eating enough so that by the end of the day I am close to my net. Is that the right thing to do? I'm guessing techinically there is no right or wrong but really a matter of opinion it seems but just throwing it out there. What do you guys do? Plan ahead and eat up throughout the day or do you load up the next day?

Great question. I just finished zumba class and 30 day shred. I have over 1000 exercise calories and its 10pm. I could never eat those back. My work causes me to workout so late. I have been trying to load up earlier in the day.

Ok, so I get the whole eat back your exercise calories but what do you do when your exercise is at the end of the day??? Currently I plan ahead and have been eating enough so that by the end of the day I am close to my net. Is that the right thing to do? I'm guessing techinically there is no right or wrong but really a matter of opinion it seems but just throwing it out there. What do you guys do? Plan ahead and eat up throughout the day or do you load up the next day?

Your body's need for energy doesn't stop at midnight. Eat it the next day, before the next workout.

So what if the numbers on daily basis don't always look good.

One day green 200, next day red 200. Do it day after day, it'll actually even out except on rest days and first workout day.

Keep that hopefully safe deficit that is already included in your daily goal.

Some people don't understand that MFP works differently from every other site and think you don't eat them back. They don't read so well or do math.

Great question. I just finished zumba class and 30 day shred. I have over 1000 exercise calories and its 10pm. I could never eat those back. My work causes me to workout so late. I have been trying to load up earlier in the day.

I would doubt greatly you have that many calories burned. By what estimate - what was your avg HR during the whole time?

Body still needs to be fueled for extra activity you gave it, good snack tonight, more breakfast and lunch tomorrow.

Why would you dont it? I did a 60+ min Zumba class that burned 718 calories followed by JM 30 day Shred 40 minutes that burned 340. I use the polar ft4 hrm! I used a zumba calculator prior to getting the hrm and calories were very close.

Ok, so I get the whole eat back your exercise calories but what do you do when your exercise is at the end of the day??? Currently I plan ahead and have been eating enough so that by the end of the day I am close to my net. Is that the right thing to do? I'm guessing techinically there is no right or wrong but really a matter of opinion it seems but just throwing it out there. What do you guys do? Plan ahead and eat up throughout the day or do you load up the next day?

Do some searches online. Most reputable sites do not recommend eating all exercise calories back.

I'd like to read up on that. What are some of the sites you are talking about? Thanks!

I have a body media fit, so I know how much I burn throughout the day and with exercise. I save enough to eat a snack/meal at night after exercise on the days I workout later at night, because I know I'll be hungry afterwards.

Why would you dont it? I did a 60+ min Zumba class that burned 718 calories followed by JM 30 day Shred 40 minutes that burned 340. I use the polar ft4 hrm! I used a zumba calculator prior to getting the hrm and calories were very close.

Averagae hr for zumba was 152 and 30 day shred was 145. Im 40, 5'2 and 196#. So why do you doubt the burn, just curious?

Because the HRM calc for max HR, which plays a huge part in estimating calorie burn, is all over the place for women.

So HRM has your maxHR set at 180 (220-age). Your real maxHR could be 190, so less calories burned, could be lower, so actually more calories burned.

But usually to get a burn that high in 1 hr (but now I see it's longer than other classes at 30min) you have to be hitting near max HR. And that is very difficult to do for a whole hr for most people.

What's the highest peak HR your HRM ever told you occurred during a workout? If above 180, your real maxHR is probably even 5 higher than what actually occurred.

Now, if it really was that intense or near maxHR - that means it was mainly carbs being burned.
If you don't get those limited stores replaced, and do the same thing tomorrow, you will end up burning muscle at some point as you are in constant glucose depletion mode, at some point muscle has to be converted for that being gone.

So if really 1000 cal's burned, and your maxHR really is 180, then you easily burned 60-70% carbs, so you'll need at least 600-700 calories of carbs to replenish what you burned off before your next workout. That's 150-175 grams.