I don't understand net calories

annakate192

Hi guys,

I'm new here. I've been in anorexia and bulimia recovery for a very long time.

I started tracking Cals again because I have gained recently. I've had a binge day this week, as well as a day with a few parties so I overate then too plus alcohol.

I had 2 days which, combined, I ate more than 2500 calories over my TDEE but the app says my weekly net calories for the week were 1230 but it also says I overate? What??

Essentially I'm not good with maths and don't know if my efforts to cancel out these 2 days of overeating over the course of one week have worked. Can someone interpret this information for me? I can't tell

I am in an ed clinic (Was inpatient - now I do outpatient 3 days a week) so I do not know my exact weight, although going by the way my clothes fit it's probably around 53-55kg, which is a BMI of around 19 or 20. I struggle to maintain a weight this high and it looks unnatural on my frame. I look normal at 17.

Yi5hedr3

Just an FYI...any time you consume alcohol, you shut down fat burning and go into fat storage mode for 48-72 hours while your liver is busy full time trying to detoxify.

queenliz99

Sweetie, you need to ask these questions to your treatment team.

https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/1575987-eating-disorder-resources

yarwell

We can't see your diary, so this will be a generalisation.

"Net calories" = calories you ate minus calories you burned on logged exercise.

If your net calories for a week were 1230 is that per day ? What's your goal calorie intake before exercise - if it was say 1400 and your net was 1230 then you under-ate by 170.