I voted "don't" because my goal is not to, but that being said I do eat partial exercise calories now and then when I feel I need the energy or just want a bit extra but my goal is to not to most of the time.
I try not to eat them all back, but I usually eat back some. I just go by my hunger. Some days I need to, some days I don't. Either way, I'm still losing weight.
I eat back some of them on days that I do a lot of exercise, such as hiking for a few hours. Usually on those days I'm famished and will go over my allotted calories by a bit (not nearly as much as I've burned off though)
I sometimes eat a little more on exercise days but not as a matter of habit. When I was losing actively I almost never ate back calories from exercise and lost just fine. Now I don't eat back calories and am maintaining.
No, for me that would be counterproductive. Besides being more toned, the added energy and other health benefits, quite frankly one of the main reasons for me to exercise is to create MORE of a calorie deficit. I can't do it with food alone, so I turn to exercise.
I keep my calories eaten totally and completely separate from my calories burned. Besides, I don't trust those calories burned calculators anyway. But regardless, one has nothing to do with the other for me. I eat what I eat and I burn what I burn. Any calories burned though intentional or unintentional exercise is an added bonus in the calorie deficit department for me.
Of course I might have to rethink that if I was running marathons daily. But I'm pretty certain that won't be happening.
I calorie cycle and tend to time my higher calorie days for days when I am exercising more, but I would have to say "no" to your specific question. I would calorie cycle and have low days no matter how much I worked out, and on the occasions that I've gone over due to an event of some sort, I'll definitely throw in an extra workout and NOT any extra food to try to account for it.
(Oh, and you might want to edit your poll. It's "losing weight," not "loosing weight.")
No, I'm like Robin and keep them totally separate. I count my calories that I eat and try very hard to keep that within my daily allotment. I don't keep track at all of the calories I use exercising because I don't trust those machines and I also believe it would be counterproductive.
I calorie cycle and tend to time my higher calorie days for days when I am exercising more, but I would have to say "no" to your specific question. I would calorie cycle and have low days no matter how much I worked out, and on the occasions that I've gone over due to an event of some sort, I'll definitely throw in an extra workout and NOT any extra food to try to account for it.
(Oh, and you might want to edit your poll. It's "losing weight," not "loosing weight.")
Hahaha, yes. I should do that. Then direct everyone to the blog entry I wrote the other day about how I promise I'm not an idiot - I just don't pay attention to how I type. Then I copy and paste and make it even better. Thanks
I try not to eat my calories back. I mean, I'm not planning on eating them back... but I do feel entitled to a few extra bites, licks and tastes if I've had a great work out.
But, if you were to ask me that, say, in a poll, I'd have to say no.
I don't even keep track of how many calories I burn. I could see it turning into some OCD thing where I NEEDED to burn so many calories in a day via exercise.
As for me, definitely not. I try to eat fairly close to my BMR, so for me, eating back exercise calories would result in slow or no losses. I eat the same amount each day and just focus on getting as much exercise as I can.
That being said, obviously there are exceptions. If I'm working on a project and doing construction, or some other major, intense form of exercise for a long period of time, I'll eat more to compensate, because I don't want to be starving. But for "normal" exercise, no.
Poll: Do you eat back calorie lost from Exercise
