Eat your exercise Cals Topic

Esra_oz 11/02/10
What is people's opinion on this?

I always stay under my cals on food and don't add my exercise to MND.

I use it as a weight loss boost and worry that entering it will give me leeway to eat more those days and then really all that hard work in the gym is waster.

However i think once i hit my goal, it will be important to enter it and eat more to cover it to stop the weight getting too low.

What about you guys?

Kamdis 11/03/10
During maintenance, I've been eating my DRI and letting exercise be extra loss (though I haven't really lost much). that way, if I do go over on my calories, it won't add up to a gain. It's been working well for me.

Jodie 11/03/10
I agree with Kamdis, although I have also taken a slight loss on daily calories compared to the MND reccomondations, after fighting with the system mind you.


I am also concerned that my DRI is high, as calculated on the MND, does anyone else have these concerns?

Kpfen 11/03/10 replied to Kamdis
I always log my exercise but rarely deliberately "eat" them. I too kind of consider them a bonus and try to stay under my dri unless it is a planned overage (ex eating out) or I am legitimately hungry - like last night when my stomach was actually growling at 7:30pm. So I did eat something even though it put me over the calories I am allotted without taking any exercise into account. I like logging my exercise because then I can keep track of what programs (dvd's) I have done from week to week.

Kamdis 11/03/10 replied to Jodie
Jodie, I have definitely found that my MND-calculated DRI is a bit high for me. After a few weeks I'd gained a little eating my DRI, so I lowered my calories a bit until I found a level that seemed to balance me out. Everyone is unique, after all.

Febrown 11/04/10
A dietician set my maintenance calorie which is lowerer than MND so that is what I use. It was a difference of more than 200 calories per day.Hope everyone has a great day.Fran

Ccmandel 11/06/10
Fran,

I'm curious -- did they use a different formula to come up with your number?

Febrown 11/06/10
She did tell me what formula they use but for the love of me I cannot remember. It is a hospital formula. I do know that there are studiesthat have shown that people (women) that have lost weight (in a large amount) seem to require less calories to maintain that weight than women that have always been that weight. I wonder if that is not another reason why weight maintenance is so difficult to accomplish.When I make another appointment to see her I will ack what formula they use.

Ccmandel 11/08/10
hmm, that's interesting - I think it's phenomenal that you are trying to sink your teeth into so many aspects of this -- no question that maintenance for me is more difficult than losing! Do you find it more challenging?

Febrown 11/09/10
So much more challenging. There are so many people (including us) that are weight loss "experts" but so very few maintanence experts. Think about it. Ver few studies and they are dismal, but putting that aside how many people do you know that have lost weight but failled to maintain. I cannot be the only one that knows a large number (pardon the pun)When I look at it I really only know a small number. To me most people can loss weight , I am living proof od that but this time it is more important to me to find how to keep it off,not just 10% but the full 136 pounds. To be perfectly honest I would be happy to keep off 130 as the 6 were unplanned. This fact has been a huge burden. I am taking everything I have learned in this last year and trying to figure out what works for me. Believe me I am trying so many different approaches, some are do able some not so much. Fran

Eat your exercise Cals