calories

smurfy641
smurfy641 Posts: 15
in Food and Nutrition
Hey everybody...im new to this..if it says you are allowed to eat more because you exercised more are you really supposed to eat more or keep to the normal 1200 and then the extra burns the weight? Does anybody get what im asking?

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  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    http://shouldieatmyexercisecalories.com
  • carld256
    carld256 Posts: 855 Member
    Yes, MFP increases your allowed calories to compensate for exercise. MFP recommends that you eat back your exercise calories to reach your minimum metabolic needs, not everyone does that.
  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
    First....make sure that you have your BMR settings. Just by going with 1200 calories may do you more bad than good. If 1200 is your goal, then Eat the extra burn.
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    The number MFP gives you has your deficit built in. Basically you could eat at the number MFP gives you, not do any type of workout and lose weight, so when you do workout it creates a larger deficit, so by eating your calories back you are still netting your goal deficit.
  • smurfy641
    smurfy641 Posts: 15
    Thanks!

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