Long term success and exercise calories
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How long have you been on MFP? I joined November 2011, but didn't log on everyday and ended up deleting my account. I've been back for about two months- I've logged on every day accept for when our internet was down.
How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1100-1220 a day (occasionally I will have a 'cheat' day- but never exceed 1500 calories)
Do you eat your exercise calories? No0 -
How long have you been on MFP? 435 days
How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1480
Do you eat your exercise calories? darn right I do! all of them *LOL*
Age: 55
Height: 5' 7.25"
Weight: 1700 -
How long have you been on MFP? 15 months, though I've had a couple of one-month breaks within that.
How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1000-1200
Do you eat your exercise calories? Yes0 -
How long have you been on MFP? 50 days...I keep losing and gaining the same 5 pounds!
How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1300...just increased from 1200 2 weeks ago.
Do you eat your exercise calories? Yes...but considering stopping this for more success...very interested in this post!0 -
I might be a spanner in the works here!
How long have you been on MFP? Using it consistently? 328 days.
How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1200
Do you eat your exercise calories? No0 -
Been on MFP since mid-January - about 10 weeks now.
MFP assigned 1580 calories based on goal of 1lb per week.
I usually eat most of my exercise calories back and usually work out every day (cardio every day, strength 3 days/week). Usually end up about around 1800-2000 calories per day.
Lost about 4-5 lb before starting MFP with exercise only (3x per week) over about 3 months and no change in eating. Too slow! Since tracking calories have lost 1 lb per week average (but also bumped up exercise to daily cardio) and have dropped about 11 lb since mid-January.
I'm fairly committed to making this a lifestyle change, so I don't take "time-off." That said, I'm not militant and on special occasions I don't fall off the wagon, I get off the wagon. I try to make sure I have enough calories left for a glass of wine after dinner. I think of my calories as currency. Exercise earns me some extra "income" and while I enjoy "spending" it, I do try to spend wisely and not waste my calories on anything I don't really enjoy.
My motto: I exercise to support my eating habit ;-)0 -
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When your eating back. Those calories, does it matter what your eating! Should I be eating certain things0
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Love his post. I always eat back my exercise calories.0
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How long have you been on MFP? 447
How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1590 currently, it has varied from 1400 (too little) to 1800+ (maintenance).
Do you eat your exercise calories? Yes0 -
When your eating back. Those calories, does it matter what your eating! Should I be eating certain things
It depends what you are trying to acheive. If your only focus is to see a smaller number on the scales, eat anything you like just keep your cals in check.
If you are aiming for long term health then I thn it does matter what you eat. While there are lots of different threories on what makes a healthy diet the common factors are usually a varied diet including lots of fruit and veggies, lean proteins, healthy fats, less processed carbs.0 -
Start Weight Loss journey- May 2009 @ 560 lbs.
How long have you been on MFP? 169 days
Current weight: 255 lbs.
How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 2300 calories
How many calories a day do you eat With exercise calories? 3200 calories
Do you eat your exercise calories? Yes
I wear a Polar FT60 Heart rate monitor to track calories burned... I eat back 85-90% of my exercise calories leaving 10-15% for error in logging and/or calories burned.0 -
How long on MFP 100 days
1500-1800 cal per day
No I don't eat them back.0 -
90 days now
eat 1300 to 1400, up from 1200 (which wasn't working)
eat most of my exercise calories on most days
When I upped my calories, I started losing again0 -
33 days
6.4 pounds so far, I was at about 8 pounds loss but that didn't stick around long
Depends what the exercise is... if I swim an hour I'll eat a lot more than if I use the treadmill for 45-hour
I have 1620 alotted per day and I typically eat around 1400-1500
Sometimes I do eat them back sometimes I don't0 -
How long have you been on MFP?
So I've been losing for 25 months now. (Since April 2010)
31 kg lost. I'm 5 foot 2, 60 kg, 26.5% body fat and getting closer to goal now. Aiming to lose more body fat %. My next goal is to get to 25% body fat and then will reassess from there. I want to tone up my tummy area. The rest of my body i'm happy with.How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories?
Anywhere between 1700-2000.Do you eat your exercise calories?0 -
How long have you been on MFP? For a little over a month
How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? Did 1200 for 3 weeks, then read some threads and NRLFW and got some sense kicked into me and bumped it up to 1750.
Do you eat your exercise calories? Most of the time. I exercise late in the day, and sometimes I'm on a roll and end up burning more than I had planned to (I use a HRM) and just can't ingest enough to catch up. I'm learning to plan more so that I do eat enough before my workouts.
Age: 33
Height: 5' 9 3/4"
Weight: 154
Pounds lost: Since on MFP (so 1.5months) 6lbs. However, even better than that is that I lost 1.4%BF in that time frame.0 -
How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? Did 1200 for 3 weeks, then read some threads and NRLFW and got some sense kicked into me and bumped it up to 1750.
Good on you!0 -
How long have you been on MFP? About 90 days
How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 2500
Do you eat your exercise calories? Yes
My goals are set at 1.5 pounds a week and I am losing about 1.7. Lost 23 pounds so far. Loving life, I'm never hungry, and I have tons of energy.0 -
How long have you been on MFP? 238
How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1500
Do you eat your exercise calories? If I'm hungry
Peace! :flowerforyou:0
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