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Eating back calories i burn!

davery1985
davery1985 Posts: 142 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Ok heres the thing, just wanted to know if anybody else eats the calories back that they burn whilst exercising? I try to eat some of it, but someone has told me not to..... Very confused as to whats the right way to go.
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  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Depends on your daily calorie goal settings. If you're set at 1200 a day, then yes, I would eat my exercise calories back. If you don't, and you eat 1200 calories, and burn say, 300 in exercise, that leaves you with a net of only 900 calories for the day - which isn't very much. You may lose weight that way for a while, but may eventually 'hit the wall' and stop losing the weight, feel tired and have less energy - your body needs fuel! :smile:

    There's a great topic here that walks you through figuring your calorie intake based on your goals, and helps you set up those reasonable goals: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    It's a great companion to MFP and really helped me figure out what I should be eating, and what margins to stay in each day as far as how much to eat.
  • MMB5222
    MMB5222 Posts: 19 Member
    :smile:
  • bsharrah
    bsharrah Posts: 129 Member
    Biggest issue I have with eating back the calories is knowing how much to eat back. Even the best hrm only offers a rough guess regarding calories burned. I prefer to let my body tell me how much more eat on workout days as oppose to a hrm, or MFP. If I feel fine not eating the extra calories, I don't.
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