Exercise Calories

For the past several months, I've just automatically eaten back all my calories earned through exercise. I always knew that any calculation of these calories would be somewhat inaccurate, but assumed it was better to fuel my body properly for the work I was asking it to do.

Sometimes, however, I really feel like I'm forcing myself to eat just to fill in those calories. It makes me uncomfortably full and I think it's messing with my weight loss. That's fine and all for maintaining or bulking, but I still have at least 15 lbs to lose.

In order to better address this, I added in another Challenge Round. After next week, I'll categorize my exercise like this:

• Cardio, Normal HR: not logged, no calories earned to eat back
• Cardio, Elevated HR: logged, eat most calories back
• Strength: not logged, drink protein shake to replenish calories

I'm hoping this will feel more natural while also yielding the kind of results I'm looking to achieve.