Calories

hunaidali

Can Anyone please tell me, if my total calories and daily goal is ZERO.It is good or I should eat more or less?

middlehaitch

Less, yes definitely less.

Sued0nim

C'n I huh?

Nicola0000

ummm, this post isn't very clear what you're asking????

Liftng4Lis

I don't get it.

erickirb

I think you are asking if your net is zero should you eat more or less. If so, eat more, way more. Your net should be your goal. If your goal was 1800 cals and you burn 600 from exercise you should be eating 2400 as 1800+0 = 2400-600.

_Terrapin_

OP--open your diary. Save people from assuming and get to the answer you seek.

xcalygrl

Troll is trolling.

hunaidali

erickirb wrote: »

I think you are asking if your net is zero should you eat more or less. If so, eat more, way more. Your net should be your goal. If your goal was 1800 cals and you burn 600 from exercise you should be eating 2400 as 1800+0 = 2400-600.

Thanks a lot. Satisfied.

wkwebby

erickirb wrote: »

I think you are asking if your net is zero should you eat more or less. If so, eat more, way more. Your net should be your goal. If your goal was 1800 cals and you burn 600 from exercise you should be eating 2400 as 1800+0 = 2400-600.

Net calories should be zero. Net calories should be your goal calories minus what you ate for the day (without exercise calories). If you exercise, your goal calories increase (but MFP exercise calories are high so don't rely solely on those exercise calories).

If you do nothing else though, hit your goal calories and net zero. You will lose approximately the amount that you put into MFP at the rate you set.

brianpperkins

wkwebby wrote: »

erickirb wrote: »

I think you are asking if your net is zero should you eat more or less. If so, eat more, way more. Your net should be your goal. If your goal was 1800 cals and you burn 600 from exercise you should be eating 2400 as 1800+0 = 2400-600.

Net calories should be zero. Net calories should be your goal calories minus what you ate for the day (without exercise calories). If you exercise, your goal calories increase (but MFP exercise calories are high so don't rely solely on those exercise calories).

If you do nothing else though, hit your goal calories and net zero. You will lose approximately the amount that you put into MFP at the rate you set.

If net calories = goal ... how can it be zero? You contradict your own logic in this post.

Sued0nim

wkwebby wrote: »

erickirb wrote: »

I think you are asking if your net is zero should you eat more or less. If so, eat more, way more. Your net should be your goal. If your goal was 1800 cals and you burn 600 from exercise you should be eating 2400 as 1800+0 = 2400-600.

Net calories should be zero. Net calories should be your goal calories minus what you ate for the day (without exercise calories). If you exercise, your goal calories increase (but MFP exercise calories are high so don't rely solely on those exercise calories).

If you do nothing else though, hit your goal calories and net zero. You will lose approximately the amount that you put into MFP at the rate you set.

Nope

Net calories should be your MFP goal

If you have 1400 to eat and exercise worth 400 calories then you should consume 1800 calories to hit your goal of 1400 and net calories should say 1400

You do have to monitor exercise carefully and most advise to eat back 50% or 75% if using MFP database or machines in gym

wkwebby

The definition of the word net versus gross. The gross calories is your goal. Net calories is what you have left over (deficit or surplus).

brianpperkins

No ... gross calories is your total intake.

wkwebby

However, your gross SHOULD be your goal. Your net is still the deficit or surplus after your expenditure of calories.

brianpperkins

wkwebby wrote: »

However, your gross SHOULD be your goal. Your net is still the deficit or surplus after your expenditure of calories.

Again ... no, gross should not be your goal. Net intake should equal your daily caloric intake goal ... gross - exercise calories = goal. The only time gross = goal is for those doing no exercise.

None of that explains how one's net should ever approach zero as you advocated earlier.

wkwebby

Well, MFP is set to not need to do exercise. We all know that the exercise calories can be added or not. But those calories would be added to your goal. Your net number of calories for the day is either in RED if you ate too much and you ate over your goal (what should have been your gross number, but isn't). If your net number is green on MFP, you ate what it set as your goal and your GROSS calories are less than what your goal was. You netted a number that is in a calorie deficit.

I think we are arguing in differences in gross numbers. We are saying the net for the day should be in deficit overall (by the 250 calories for 0.5 lbs/week, or more for more loss in the week) in order to lose weight. It depends on the comparison numbers determines which gross or net we are talking about.

brianpperkins

So net should be zero ... except when it should be your daily intake goal ... and gross is your goal ... except when it is everything you take in? Those are the multiple ways you've defined terms so far in this thread.

Gross = everything you eat.
Net = gross minus exercise calories.
Goal = daily intake target with deficit factored in.
Net exercise calories = total calories burned during exercise minus RMR for that time period resulting in exercise only calories.

At no point should any of those equal zero ... although you advocated net equaling zero earlier.

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wkwebby

My Net I was talking about is synonomous with the "remaining calories" line on your food diary.

So MY Gross and Net definitions:

Gross = "Totals" line in your food diary and what you've taken in
Gross (Should be) = Your Daily goal line MFP has calculated with your deficit included for weight loss with no exercise (possibly + exercise calories)
Net = Remaining calories line (Should be) zero

Tada, that is the misunderstanding which I saw before.

brianpperkins

wkwebby wrote: »

My Net I was talking about is synonomous with the "remaining calories" line on your food diary.

So MY Gross and Net definitions:

Gross = "Totals" line in your food diary and what you've taken in
Gross (Should be) = Your Daily goal line MFP has calculated with your deficit included for weight loss with no exercise (possibly + exercise calories)
Net = Remaining calories line (Should be) zero

Tada, that is the misunderstanding which I saw before.

The only misunderstanding is yours with basic terminology which results in giving horrible advice such as net calories should be zero. Words mean things ... not what you redefine them to mean in your world.


You have two different definitions for "gross" in your misconception here. Tada ... contradicting yourself and misuse of basic terms.

wkwebby

brianpperkins wrote: »

wkwebby wrote: »

My Net I was talking about is synonomous with the "remaining calories" line on your food diary.

So MY Gross and Net definitions:

Gross = "Totals" line in your food diary and what you've taken in
Gross (Should be) = Your Daily goal line MFP has calculated with your deficit included for weight loss with no exercise (possibly + exercise calories)
Net = Remaining calories line (Should be) zero

Tada, that is the misunderstanding which I saw before.

The only misunderstanding is yours with basic terminology which results in giving horrible advice such as net calories should be zero. Words mean things ... not what you redefine them to mean in your world.

My definitions are simple and are still accurate. Like I said, there is a difference in what gross you were referring to versus what I was referring to. How is that redefining Gross or net? You don't have to overcomplicate it and my advice was no more or less correct than yours. Semantics...SMH

brianpperkins

Your definitions ARE NOT ACCURATE (that is another word you apparently redefine at will). You don't even realize that you used two differing definitions for the same word.

brianpperkins

GuitarJerry wrote: »

LOL at this post, and peoples understanding of Net Calories.

Maybe we should redefine "net calories " on a by member basis.