Poll: How many calories do you "eat back" after exercise?

Hell there, Thats a great question. I try and stay within my 1200 cals no matter what I burn. But people have been telling me I should be eating my burn cals as well. So would love to see what people have to say.

I pretty much eat them all back - and I've lost 31 pounds and have been on maintenance for over a month (and am still losing very slowly). And if I don't that day, then I average it out during the week.

I eat back the calories I burned. I started this program 9 days ago and have lost 2.5 pounds. I started it after a friend lost 45 pounds using MYFITNESSPAL. She also ate back her calories. Your allotted 1200 calories a day and when you work out you have earned the extra calories. I find it motivates me to work that much harder while working out. I also space out my meals because this has proven successful with others I know. That is what works for me, but everyone is different.

I generally try not to because of all the conflicting opinions there are on the subject. :huh:
I will eat them if i'm hungry though...generally not all of them, just a few of them...i am very much a beginner with all this and i want to work out what works for me in terms of loss before i start experimenting with those exercise calories.
When i do eat some back...is it just me or do they taste even more delicious than your regular calories?

I don't usually eat back my cals..I try to eat between 1200-1500 cals a day.

Today, I ate back about 550 of my 760 exercise calories. I may end up with another snack before bed because I usually stay up pretty late...

Some days I eat about half, some days all and then some. Just depends. It all averages out at the end of the week/month to pretty much come out where I should.

I have an HRM, so it's a little more accurate, too, I think...

for me, is almost IMPOSSIBLE to eat back my calories. im at 1200, but i rarely get to 1000... i an not an over-eater, but an under-eater and have always been. I started using the body by vi protein shake powder to help me, and its amazing how much a little bit of calories (90 per shake, plus whatever you put int them.. i use fruit to make a smoothie) can help you burn! So, while i dont "eat" just to reach a number.. i do try to stay close to my 1200 (even if i have to drink half a pepsi!) because its hard to believe, but true what they say... you have to have calories to burn!!

I'm eating 20% below my TDEE. If I exercise, I eat 100% back. I may not necessarily eat them back that very day...might "use" the extra the next day if I'm not hungry at the moment. I'm always hungry eventually .

I don't eat them back just because I have them. If I am hungry for a snack at the end of my day I use the calories I have earned by exercising. Rarely do I use them all, though. I have lost 80# and am close to my goal weight. Let your body tell you if you are hungry and you won't go wrong!

I have been using MFP for a couple weeks now and I am still figuring out what works best for me. So far, I have concluded that I want to eat up to 1500 cals even if I am working out more, in hopes that the pounds will shed off more quickly. Even at that amount, since I am eating healthy foods, I feel like I am eating a lot. Then, even if I go over 1500, I have no guilt becuase my workouts have way more than made up for the difference. I feel like it is working, but I am not weighing in until Sunday. I guess we will see and then over time, we will see even more. I am certainly up for adjusting my intake if I hit a plateau or something.