net vs total

leahcollett1

Hi guys so I'm looking on my screen I'm seeing my goal I'm seeing what I've eaten and my exercise but what is the net and what do I use it for

ylvak94

Your net calories are the calories you've eaten minus the calories you've burned while exercising. If you eat 1200 and burn 400 then your net calories are 800.

leahcollett1

So is that like what your body's really eaten cus the exercise has burnt the rest away?

yarwell

yes, the "available calories" for bodily functions excluding exercise was the "net" number.

flamingblades

The burn is from your stores. You just detract the calorie burn from your daily requirement and that is net calories. If you want your metabolism to stay active, you might want to eat back 1/2 of those calories so your body gets the nourishment it needs.

hobbeskastiel

Yeah, basically. You need to decide if you will eat back your exercise calories or not. I do not. I have a ton of weight to lose and I don't want to mess with the progress. Some people do and some don't, but do what works best for you.

leahcollett1

Today I've burnt 1100 calories I've eaten my goal of 1450 calories yesterday I had a blow out of Chinese and chocolate so I chose today to not eat any back in hopes to try claw some of it back my nett is saying 450ish that's why I was asking

SezxyStef

MFP is set up to eat back at least some of your exercise calories and it won't mess with your progress...the suggestion is to eat back at least 50% of them as they can be over estimated for some.

galprincess

I'm in maintenance so I eat calories back not always all of them but some