Exercise calories......

[llb25]

Quick question ....... Do you add your exercise calories into your day and if so so you eat any of them back?

[geemel79]

ideally you dont want to be eating any of them back, but i guess it allows for little blips, my friend wonders why she doesnt lose weight well she goes on average about 1900 calories even though she has set her goal at 1600 but almost every day shes under her calorie intake because she adds exercise, although personally alot of the things she counts as exercise to me i dont even contribute to exercise because it dont raise my heart rate or break a sweat doing them, ie walking 5-10miles per day in my job

theoretically if i counted these calories id be a swimwear model !

i try to stick to my 1200 a day but once a week if i go over i do exercise if possible to counter act the overeating but i dont stress over it if i dont the last 3 days ive only managed about 800 cal as im not feeling too well

[getmeslim01]

Ideally, you shouldn’t, but your body will ask for more intake as your metabolism is activated by the exercise. Your main goal is not to get caught in the complex nuts & bolts of becoming a dilatation, and set yourself the goal of creating a calorie intake deficit on REGULAR daily basis. Calculating weight loss to calorie intake deficit is fairly easy (rough guide is 3500 calories in deficit should equate to 1lb of burnt fat. (please verify the accuracy of these figures for yourself). I deployed this method since mid – Feb and so far, I have lost just over 3 stone. I have now narrowed the deficit somehow as my exercise intensity rises (600+ calories a session, 5 days a week) and you feel that your body need more sustenance in order to maintain the energy output. This is my own journey and it may not suit everybody, but if a 63 yr old can do it, I think most people reading this, should be able to. (again, my personal story)

Best of luck

[Prin]

no! they are there as a boost to my weight loss that said I dont mind converting a few to gin and tonics at the weekend- I dont eat before excersise either and dont have any compensatory calories when I have done

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Hi llb25

The notion of 'eating the exercise calories back' just isn't a sound one.

Firstly, one of the aims of the exercise is to help you use up more calories and hopefully therefore use up more of your stored fat. (There are other good reasons for increasing the exercise/activity).

There is a danger that you can get into - as some do - burning off say 100 kcals in exercise then 'eating back' (or taking energy drinks or energy bars to the tune of) two, three or even more times that!

Generally, unless you're really hammering the exercise, water is the best hydration drink and that contains no calories at all.

Your calorie deficit is the amount of calories you take in less the sum of those used in exercise/activity and those used to maintain you current body mass.

Good luck with your weight loss journey.