Eating Calories Burned

Amyl32283
Amyl32283 Posts: 10 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I know this question may have been asked over and over, however I am new here and want some guidance.

I am wondering if I am supposed to be eating the calories I am burning. I am trying to lose weight. I'm supposed to be working out 90 minutes a day according to MFP. For example, I burned 1400 calories yesterday. I really couldn't fathom eating all those extra calories.

Can someone help me with this? Thanks.

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  • now_or_never12
    now_or_never12 Posts: 849 Member
    Yes, eat your exercise calories! That's why they are added to your totals.

    Ensure you are recording proper calorie burns. Get a heart rate monitor to get the most accurate numbers (MFP tends to overestimate the calories burned) or just eat back 2/3s of them.
  • Sheila_Ann
    Sheila_Ann Posts: 365 Member
    I agree with now-or-never. I eat mine back, but if I have a high calorie burning day, I don't eat them all back because. Sometimes I'm just not hungry and I won't eat just to eat.

    When I first started I wasn't logging my workout and I was netting around 350 in take of calories. I then stopped losing weight. When I found out I was supposed to eat them back, I started to lose weight and have been losing weight each week.

    Best of luck!
  • Amyl32283
    Amyl32283 Posts: 10 Member
    Thanks ladies. I figured I was supposed to since they are added to my totals. Thanks for the info. :)
  • kgprice11
    kgprice11 Posts: 749 Member
    tsk tsk tsk there is a search button on the forums so you can search for it and find many pages worth of the same question

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