I am eating ALL my exercise calories, 7/7/12

I think it is really giving me a boost already, even if it's just a new attitude:) I LOVE your pup, how darling:) ttys! denise

bumpity bump! This is by far, to me, the best post written on the subject. I would love to follow your progress as well. I tried eating back for 4 weeks and gained 2 lbs....exercising more with that as well. You just opened a window of opportunity to see first hand what happens.:) Praying for your success friend!

wtg!! I am excited about the changes I just truly believe are going to take place. They already are as far as energy. Lastnight the last thing I had, well, not true, I had popcorn last, LOL, but anyway, I drank a protein smoothee I made from scratch. I heard it helps rebuild my poor, ole muscles, LOL:) I was worried it might keep me awake or something but I slept like a log and was glad getting up this a.m. at 6, felt great and went for my walk first thing;)

I am sorry to hear about your heartache:( I am so glad you were aware of the lean mass loss. I think that is a huge problem when people don't see the problem. Or can shrug a lack of energy off to being normal. Actually, I don't think it is normal at all. I think it is our bods telling us we need something more like fuel, rest, water I don't know, just some of my theory. Happy to meet you, Denise:)

i tend to eat most of mine back too. I lost a lot of weight and kept it off until jan this year due to a personal tragedy. I found that i got skinny fat and wasnt very strong- so i think i lost a lot of lean mass. Now im going at it slow to lose the last 12lbs but im leaner and smaller than i was when i was last this weight. good luck on your journey. I never net under my bmr anymore

It is scarey for me too but I don't think there is need for it. I really feel it will be worth it for me to find if it works, and I know I am not harming my bod, especially at my age. Glad we've hooked up!! I am having a great time and very excited, one day at a time;) :drinker: :flowerforyou:

I am definitely interested in seeing how this works for you. I have noticed I definitely have more energy on the days I eat all of my calories, but am always wary of eating my exercise calories as well.

Well darlin, there are lots of different opinions and ideas, that's why I am going to try it. I tried the other way, not eating my exercise calories and became weak and my muscles did not feel like they were becoming stronger, or, like they were rebuilding after workouts. This was just after 41 ish days. So, here I am to try the other way:) I think it's something we all have to discover for ourselves, come to believe, what is actually making us stronger and getting rid of fat stores. Thing is, like I think I mentioned, that scale doesn't separate out what kind of "weight" a person is losing. It could be fat, it could be water, and it could be lean, muscle mass.

I think listening to what each person has to say, look at results of those that have done it different ways, and there is always a good, doctors opinion as well. You can look at before and afters in Success Stories and see which you most want to resemble. Then you can friend up with them, see what they eat, what is their exercise routine, do they eat their exercise calories. Lots of input and support here on MFP:)

denise:drinker: :drinker:

Thank you for posting this.

I was a bit confused with the whole calories thing. To lose weght MFP says I should eat 1200 calories. So I've been eating 1200 calories and then working out to Jillian DVD's and walking, which can be about 700 calories.

That's all I thought I had to do stay to 1200, and then burn off whatever and the weight would come flying off.

Last week I didn't lose anything after weeks or losing (1.5-3). So I guess my question to everyone on this thread is, Is it okay to eat those 700 calories back and not gain weight? Because I really don't want to gain the 9.5 lbs back that i've lost since May 31st.