Long term success and exercise calories

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  • dontwantausername1
    dontwantausername1 Posts: 120 Member
    How long have you been on MFP? 126 days
    How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1200
    Do you eat your exercise calories? No (I mostly eat 1300-1400 though)
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    How long on MFP? 380 days
    Calories a day? 1430 (.5 lb a week loss) + 300 for breastfeeding
    Do you eat exercise calories? Usually, but sometimes it ends up that I don't.
  • JoniBologna
    JoniBologna Posts: 653 Member
    How long have you been on MFP? 700ish days
    How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1650
    Do you eat your exercise calories? 99% of the time
  • islandnutshel
    islandnutshel Posts: 1,143 Member
    How long have you been on MFP? first time 6m, 2nd time 1m and going strong
    How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1200
    Do you eat your exercise calories? Yes, definately, in order to have more to eat. So motivating
  • invisibubble
    invisibubble Posts: 662 Member
    How long? Not sure. This is my second account, it's around the 6 month mark.
    Daily calories? Also 1600.
    Eat back exercise calories? Yes, usually nearly all but always at least half.
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    How long have you been on MFP? 20 days
    How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1640
    Do you eat your exercise calories? Mostly, unless I burned over 1000 and then only sometimes
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Bump to read later.
  • waldo56
    waldo56 Posts: 1,861 Member
    How long have you been on MFP? About 250 days
    How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? ~2500
    Do you eat your exercise calories? Yes

    I actually eat in the 3000-3500 calorie range. Most of my weight loss though was at a net of 2000 calories, eating back my exercise calories I ate 2700-3000 calories a day.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    How long have you been on MFP? about 10 weeks
    How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? I have a static target of 1900 which includes exercise (approx. 150 a day average exercise cals) so without exercise = 1750.
    Do you eat your exercise calories? Yes
  • em9371
    em9371 Posts: 1,047 Member
    I've been on here since October 2011 so 7 months.
    I eat 2000 total, around 1500 net.
    Exercise cals are already included, I use bmr/tdee.

    Have lost weight before on 1200 cals total with NOT eating back exercise and have regained it everytime.
  • georgina1970
    georgina1970 Posts: 333 Member
    Bearing in mind I'm only 5'0" ...

    How long have you been on MFP? 4.5mths
    How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1200. At least I try to. Usually I'm exercising so I can eat a bit more.
    Do you eat your exercise calories? Yes
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I am so so so sorry about starting this tread and I will get hell from my friends but I am having a discussion with someone about the fact that those of us long term success stories are those that eat way more than 1200 calories a day and eat their exercise calories.

    So I want to do a survey.

    How long have you been on MFP? 500 days tomorrow
    How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1600
    Do you eat your exercise calories? Yes

    i have been on here for about a year. I got ot my goal weight last october and have been maintaining since then.

    I eat about 2000 calories

    yes, i eat exercise calories back!
  • MelanieAG05
    MelanieAG05 Posts: 359 Member
    How long have you been on MFP? 144 days
    How many calories a day do you eat without exercise calories? 1710
    Do you eat your exercise calories? Only if my NET is below my BMR or I go out to indulge
  • Delawaredeuce
    Delawaredeuce Posts: 3 Member
    Eating the exercise calories is the reward for exercising!
  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    I've been on here 14 months. Eating more didn't work for me (tried it for 3 months and weight loss was cut in half). I net 1200 calories on workout days (I eat ALL the calories my HRM said I burned) and on non-workout days I net 1400 calories.

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