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Originally Posted by Rmtt
Good for you. I know you have past experience...but one suggestion I would add (although you probably already know) is don't add back your exercise deficit into your caloric intake. I never account for calories burned during my exercise in my target range.
I see way too many people get burned by thinking that they need to eat for example 2600 calories a day to start the process....but then use the excuse that the treadmill said I burned 400 calories...and those 400 calories go right back into their daily intake.
It's very hard to calculate exactly what you may have burned, so best to leave it out of the equation altogether and make minor adjustments as you go. Just one less variable to worry about.
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Damn, I've been doing it wrong all these years. Figured since my watch tells me I burn about 600 calories at the gym that I can just gorge on cookies to fill the gap.... kidding hahaha. I didn't know there were people that thought like that and were actually counting their calories lol.