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I do not eat the extra calories either.....I stay within my daily calorie intake as close as possible just because then I have a slight cushion if I would go over 1 day.
I don't use them either, I just pay attention to the top number...mainly for the same reason as StillTryin'--If I have a bad day, I'm still technically under. I feel like it's good training.
However, I'm sure you will still lose weight if you pay attention to the bottom number.
The last time I looked, the calories burned were way too high. I would just stick within whatever range you've picked. If you add a significant amount of exercise then consider increasing your calories slightly.
Okay, that's what I thought too. It sounds like it's better to kind of ignore the calories burned and stick to the calories allotted for the day. I like the idea of if you happen to go over a little, you are still in the game. Plus I would think you'd see losses on the scale by not eating the exercise burned calories.
thanks!
I use a HRM that calculates the calories and Fitday is totally whacked. I plug in what the monitor tells me I did in the gym and just blow off all the other stuff.
I dont use the extra calories after a workout..I go by what the treadmill or elleptical at the gym state,and just manually enter the calories and cardio work out that way..I exercise to loose,not to eat more,so I just ignore those "extra calories"
I love TDP because they have so much more in their database compared to other sites. but, when I first joined it really had me confused. I talked to my personal trainer. She told me not to pay attention to the calories burned or net calories and to definitely not eat them back unless I hit a plateau or was getting very tired and needed to up my calories then.