net calories or total calories

drliso
drliso Posts: 7
in Health and Weight Loss
Which is better for boosting weight loss: (My goal is 1200/day): eating 1200 TOTAL calories or 1200 NET calories?

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  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    Which is better for boosting weight loss: (My goal is 1200/day): eating 1200 TOTAL calories or 1200 NET calories?

    If you're using MFP's goals eat your exercise calories. It expects that you will.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    You should be NETTING the goal that MFP gives you. That's the way the system works.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    Net!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Net calories, but if you are unsure of your calorie burns you may want to lower the amount MFP estimates for a given exercise. The database may say you burn more than you do causing you to have less of a deficit if you eat them all.
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    Net them..... I prefer to use my Polar FT60 heart rate monitor to get a more accurate calorie burn... but definitely Net if your using the MFP method...
  • drliso
    drliso Posts: 7
    The treadmill says I burn 600 calories in 45 minutes. I know that can't be right, so I give myself 300. I have been netting in the 900s I guess....
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    The treadmill says I burn 600 calories in 45 minutes. I know that can't be right, so I give myself 300. I have been netting in the 900s I guess....

    Then you should probably be using the 600. 900 is not netting your goal.

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