Ok if you estimate daily calorie needs is based on low activity/ regular day - then yes, I would eat them back but what I do is take the number given on the machine and subtract 30% to get the "safe" amount I can eat back as most cardio machines way overestimate calories burned.
If when calculating daily calorie requirements, you entered "active excercise 2-3 times a week" - then no as the calculator already included extra calories that you might need for exercise.
For example by basic calorie requirements to loose wight is 1350 a day on a slow day but if into the calculator I enter that I exercise it would tell me to eat 1,600 cal so if on top of that I eat back - then I am doubling up , makes sense?
I use workouts to tome and in the same time to give me more calories to eat on days that I need them. Although if I am full I will not purposely eat them back just because.
Hope this helps.
Last edited by Kateryna; 02-11-2011 at 02:32 PM.
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