Food vs. exercise - your approach

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  • vklebanova
    vklebanova Posts: 152 Member
    I would say your body is the best indicator. So drink when thirsty & eat when hungry.
  • SSSLLLX3
    SSSLLLX3 Posts: 22
    I would prefer eating roughly about the same everyday also, and maybe slightly more if I exercised more. Although I haven't stuck to that plan for long enough to know if it would worked. I feel that I 'eat back' the calories after exercising, I would kind of get into the mode of rewarding myself with food (healthy or not) after working out.

    Coming back to what I said about listening to our body... Just as a thought, that would probably be good if we are trying to maintain weight, but if we are trying to lose weight, our body would probably tell us to eat more, so it might not be a good idea to listen to our body then!
  • SPNLuver83
    SPNLuver83 Posts: 2,050 Member
    I have always kept my net number the same and ate back whatever I burned from working out. This way my calories also zig zag from day to day. I also have a high calorie day once a week (I'm talkin like a net of 3500). During the week sometimes I go a little over, sometimes under, but it all evens out in the end. Works for me!
  • bellyake3
    bellyake3 Posts: 135 Member
    I look at food n exercise as a barter and trade system...most people respect money so I look at my calorie goal for the day and tell myself I have 1200 bucks (calories) to spend on food today and you need to make smart choices..I see the exercise as my job and we all get a paycheck for doing a good days work...but I always try to save for rainy days..lol
  • chachita7
    chachita7 Posts: 996 Member
    I have my amounts set to TDEE and sedentary - have my MFP set as sedentary as well - I eat between 1500-1800 cals a day depending on my exercise amounts - I only eat about 80% of the calories burnt back on most days.
  • roachhaley
    roachhaley Posts: 978 Member
    the only reason i do exercise is so that i can eat more. there's your answer from me :P
  • DonttrythatwithME
    DonttrythatwithME Posts: 214 Member
    I eat as much as I can as clean as i can, you get used to the calories your putting in your body some days i cant eat back my exercise due to the deficit being massive and the times i trained. That usually means i have to fuel hard the next morning as my body slows right down so ill load the morning up with good stuff the next day

    Eat more, lift some heavy stuff (ladies and gents) 3-4 times a week and measure in inches lost as well as weight dropped :)
  • Flab2fitfi
    Flab2fitfi Posts: 1,349 Member
    I try and hit around 1600 -1700 so the days I do more i eat more. Some days I just cant eat back enough like yesterday as I burnt over 1000 calories exercising. (Mondays are exercise heavy for me) and try to be over 1200.

    If I want a treat i tend to exercise more - so its a mixture of both exercise and eating less that works for me.
  • DonttrythatwithME
    DonttrythatwithME Posts: 214 Member
    I would say your body is the best indicator. So drink when thirsty & eat when hungry.

    I usually find if i'm thirsty or hungry i've gone too far and end up reaching for the bad stuff
  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    I have my calories set at BMR plus the multiplier for lightly active. I track my daily intake and burn in a spreadsheet to keep my deficit from getting too large. Doing this, I usually am able to have a day on the weekend where I eat a decent amount more to keep my average deficit from getting too high. Also, since I do my workouts in the morning, any calories my fitbit adds after 5 pm I will add to my total for that day. It is making it much easier for me to track this way since I was ending up with a ridiculously high amount of calories left at the end of most days before.
  • TinkrBelz
    TinkrBelz Posts: 866 Member
    I have MFP set at maintenance. I eat the same everyday and exercise everyday. Some days I bun 300 calories and other days I burn 500...but I still eat the same.

    MFP maintenance and my TDEE-20% is 1800 calories....so that is what I do everyday.
  • shannonperry13
    shannonperry13 Posts: 99
    i eat the same every day. 1800-1900 calories. i don't agree with the eating back of the exercise calories. when you input that you are moderately active, mfp gives you extra calories, i don't think i should be eating extra on top of the extra. when i start having a problem losing, then i will take a look at some new ideas and switch it up.
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    I can't stand the "listen to your body" thing. If you could do that, you wouldn't be here. I think it's good as a goal and something to work on, but not too many people here know how to do that.

    Should you eat your exercise calories, yes. You are supposed to. That's the whole idea. MFP does not assume you will exercise. It assumes you won't, basically. So, when you do, you should eat more. Other diet plans have your assumed exercise calculated in already.
  • Mewcenary
    Mewcenary Posts: 66 Member
    2000 kcal baseline for me, and any exercise I do, I eat! I have a Garmin HR monitor with GPS which helps track the calorie burn when out running, and that helps here.

    I originally tried this with a 1500 kcal baseline but it was too low, and found myself hungry all the time. 2000 was much more sensible (2,400 or so is my BMR).

    Using this approach, I've lost over a stone of lard in just over a month.
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    I need to log my calories because I still don't have very good judgement. I find the calories I burn have a relatively small impact compared to the calories I could potentially overeat. Exercise is important to me for mood regulation, so I keep it up.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    I would say your body is the best indicator. So drink when thirsty & eat when hungry.

    I usually find if i'm thirsty or hungry i've gone too far and end up reaching for the bad stuff

    Big ditto that those that talk about their binges will admit too.

    if you wait until you are feeling hungry, the time for the food to satisfy, allows you to probably eat more than intended.

    But if you had eaten a bit because you know your body needs it, probably wouldn't have happened.

    I mean really, how many bodies are screaming for exercise, as opposed to taking it easy and sitting around?
    Probably not many, but most recognize they benefit from exercise even if the body sometimes doesn't feel like it.
  • arcticfox04
    arcticfox04 Posts: 1,011 Member
    I try to balance it get to 1800-1900 daily. If I go over I take a walk =)
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    Whether it's a work out day or a rest day.....I make sure I net my recommended calorie intake.

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