I was super excited this morning when I got on the scale and made it to ONEderland!!!  I was on a little plateau and the scale finally moved.  60 down and 40 to go to my goal.  ( I still have not been able to get the ticker to work for me and have even asked for help but I am apparently unique )

Question.

When adding your total calories for the day do you deduct the calories you burn when exercising?  I try to stay between 800 & 1000 for the day and I notice when I add my exercising in (myfitnesspal) it tells me I have earned the calories I have burned, if I don't incorporate more calories I get a message I am not eating enough calories.

Thoughts?

I never eat back exercise calories.  As long as you have excess fat, the body will burn that.  My Fitness Pal and other apps will tell you to eat more, but don't listen.

I never deduct. Never ever. I tried it once and I GAINED! I figure the fitbit is good at counting steps...and not much else (other than being used as a super cool GPS)

SKinny

While you're losing, you'll lose a bit faster if you don't eat your exercise calories.  However, maintenance requires that your energy intake and expenditure be in balance so ultimately you will learn to eat your exercise calories.

Congrats on Onderland!  Feels nice, doesn't it?

I never finish my day on myfitnesspal because I'm not eating enough calories for that.  Eventually when i get to goal and up my calories for maintenance I'll start completing my day.  That is a goal that I'm looking forward to. :)

Nope. Never have, never will. Most of us old-timers in maintenance do not. It's a dangerous, slippery slope that most people who have regained weight fall into. "I exercised a lot so I deserve to eat more" or "I gained weight because I stopped exercising."

Losing and maintaining weight is 90% dependent on what and how much you eat. Stick to your plan. If you burn more calories from exercise, great, but do not factor that into how much you eat.

I never have and I never will.  I think MyFtinessPal and my FitBit and the treadmill at my gym HIGHLY over estimate the calories I have burned.  I don't even look at the calories burned, not info I need or want to know.  Numbers that concern me on a daily basis are:

1. What my scale says
2. What my protein intake is
3. How much water I have drank that day
4. How many steps/kms I have walked/jogged that day as I try to maintain a certain amount

The weight will come off by following your Surgeon's eating plan.  Working out is great, for me its for my mental and emotional health.

Good luck and CONGRATS on Onederland!!!

Like most of the other replies, I don't "eat back" the calories I've burned working out - I think it's fun to see "Oh, I burned 300 calories," but I know that more than likely this is a gross overestimate.

One thing that I will say is that earlier on, when I wasn't eating as much regularly I did find on days that I worked out hard that I did need to add SOMETHING to my menu - maybe an extra snack before or after the work out - so that I didn't feel shaky and/or ravenous. But I always made sure to plan it into my day and it usually was something along the lines of a string cheese or yogurt - not something equal to my supposed calorie burn.

To this day I like working out in the evening better than first thing because I find on days I workout in the morning I'm hungrier!

YAHOOOO ONEDERLAND !!!!

I never calculate in any exercise that I have done.  I figure anything that I burn is just an added bonus to my day overall.  I profess that apps do not understand the RNY body, but instead are directed to the masses and what the "average" person requires.  We all know that we are NO LONGER AVERAGE !!!!!   

Congrats on Onederland!!!!!