Net Calories.

JerseyGirl30
JerseyGirl30 Posts: 23
in Food and Nutrition
Alright so I'm a little confused. To start, I'm 5'10" and around 190 pounds and female. MFP is telling me to eat 1,200 calories a day (which seems kinda low to me) in order for me to lose two pounds a week. I exercise by doing cardio for atleast 50 minutes a day, 6 days a week. Am I supposed to be eating back my exercise calories? For the past two weeks I've been netting around 700 calories because I'll eat 1,200 calories and then burn 600 calories when I go to the gym. I'm just afraid that I'm not eating enough and that I'm going to lose muscle.

Thanks in advance!

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  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    Youre not eating enough. Change your loss goal to one or one and a half pounds a week, that gives you more calories. Plus..YES you need to be eating back your burned calories, especially if you're sticking with such a low calorie goal. Your are trying to fuel your body and brain on only 600 calories a day. Bad Bad Bad. And will eventually make your loss stall too. Eat more, eat better!
  • 43932452
    43932452 Posts: 7,246 Member
    I agree .. I'm shorter than you at 180 currently. My allotment is 1350 IIR ..
    I eat some exercise cals at times but there are other calculators. Try
    searching Scooby and FrogTde calorie calculators. I might have links
    but those can give good numbers as well. But try to add some cals because
    with your stats, the 1200 amt seems low.


    http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

    http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

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