I have a major question tonight:
Are you or are you not supposed to eat the calories you earn from exercising?
If I don’t, I am at a 900 calorie deficit for the day. If I do, I’m afraid I will gain weight.
Please discuss!
For us trying to lose weight
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I would be tempted not to use them unless you start to feel spaced out xx
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Spaced out?
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The feeling you get when your not eating enough… for me it’s a brain feeling, kind of foggy
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Ah, ok! I feel okay. I am just curious what we are actually supposed to do. 😀
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When I don’t eat enough, I get a headache.
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I’m just hungry no matter what! I’m trying not to drink my calories as much now and it’s helping. 😀
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Also a sort of verging on dizziness feeling.
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Lol, my version is not at all scientific but more intuitive xx
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Nothing wrong with that!
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I don’t eat my exercise calories:)
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Thank you 😊
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Do you also feel less hungry after exercise? That’s your answer probably 😉
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I do but an hour later, I am ravenous!
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I usually don’t eat my exercise calories unless I’m feeling hungry.
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Ok. That makes sense
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According to what we were taught 100 yrs ago (kidding! – it’s been only half that 😉) In a physical fitness class at the Nursing home where I worked, your burned calories in an exercise program is what makes you lose weight. For example, you take in 1500 calories a day for the body’s maintenance. You burn 500 calories. That means you have a consumption value of 1,000 calories, meaning you will lose 500 calories worth of weight. (Sorry, I forget what that worked out to in pounds lost.) Within this concept, if you ate the extra calories you have worked off by exercising, you would not lose weight and could possibly even gain weight instead, due to the muscle weight gained as you build muscle tissue. I hope you find this helpful! I am so proud of you for your wonderful persistence and dedication, Julie! My HEART is with you every step of the way! 👏🤗💕
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Thank you so much. That makes sense.
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You’re welcome!
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I have no clue. I say listen to your body it will let you know if it REALLY needs food…
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I must admit I don’t know the answer, I don’t try to lose weight, I work out to look stronger !
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That’s okay, at least you work out!
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I only care about losing weight so people can see the muscles I’m building. (okay, that’s an exaggeration, but not by much)
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I want to lose weight to get rid of all this hanging stuff! Arms, belly, thighs. You know, the fun stuff 😂
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If you have more muscle, they will hold the fat better. That’s why when you do ab work you will look a little thinner, your muscles are doing a better job of holding fat up where it should be.
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like me but you should gain “good” weight !
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How about I lose the fat and keep the good weight? 😂
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😂 I never had fat (yet)
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I wouldn’t replace those calories
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I think you’re right!
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I don’t or if I do I eat back half. Tracking isn’t 100 percent accurate:)
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True words were never spoken!
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After working out, your body does need protein to repair the muscle after you stress it with exercise. If a person is sacrificing muscle as they lose fat by dieting too much, I don’t think they are getting healthier, just smaller. So I do think if you accepted another 400 calories eating meat or eggs or whatever you’d still have a calorie deficit for losing fat but would be better off for keeping the muscle. And muscles burn calories even when at rest.
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That’s why I started using weights actually.
I ate peanut butter which is fat and protein on that bread which has protein so it wasn’t too bad. Thanks again!
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Great advice. There’s plenty of protein in other foods, it doesn’t have to be from animals…. just google vegan body builder to see what I mean 😉
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Thank you! I will look into it
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I think you are not supposed to eat the calories you are losing! I’m not 100% positive though!
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I don’t eat back the calories I burn while exercising. If you feel lightheaded or weak you may need to up your food intake as you start burning more calories naturally.
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Thank you. I appreciate that!
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I guess it depends on your goals. Also calories are not all the same. Getting 100 calories from chocolate would be process differently than 100 calories form vegetables, so calorie counting isn’t the be all and end all
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