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Originally Posted by milmin2043
Also, the starvation "myth" is just that. Your body cannot somehow magically hold onto weight.
+1!!!!!!
I am at 1200 calories and I never eat back what I burn from exercise. Exercise does not stoke my hunger, even longish (45-60 minutes) runs.
That said, some days my body (or my mouth!) wants a little more food, so I don't mind adding 100-200 calories, whether or not I've exercised. Sometimes I'm fine with 100-200 fewer calories, so I don't get up to 1200.
The main thing is don't assume that the calorie calculator on your machine or online is correct and eat back those calories. Those are notoriously inaccurate, and that mindset is what leads people to eat a slice of cake (400 cals) as a "reward" for 30 minutes on the elliptical (200). Yikes!