Total calories vs Net calories

aimos87

Hi just wondering when looking at your total for 7 days in mfp do u look sat total or net calories and what should I hope to see? Deficit in total or goal in net?

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jjpptt2

Net.

It's like your paycheck - do you care about gross income or net income?

jefamer2017

This is where I get confused too. My net calories always say around 900. I am losing at the expected rate of approximately 2lbs a week. If my net were at 1400 I'd only be losing a lb or so. Something must be off. It's probably my Fitbit.

jjpptt2

jefamer2017 wrote: »

This is where I get confused too. My net calories always say around 900. I am losing at the expected rate of approximately 2lbs a week. If my net were at 1400 I'd only be losing a lb or so. Something must be off. It's probably my Fitbit.

They are all just estimates, and depending on how you estimate, any of those numbers could be off by a significant amount. Really, they should just be viewed as starting points... once you have a few weeks' worth of data, you can tweak things so your actual results are more in line with your expected results.

jefamer2017

jjpptt2 wrote: »

jefamer2017 wrote: »

This is where I get confused too. My net calories always say around 900. I am losing at the expected rate of approximately 2lbs a week. If my net were at 1400 I'd only be losing a lb or so. Something must be off. It's probably my Fitbit.

They are all just estimates, and depending on how you estimate, any of those numbers could be off by a significant amount. Really, they should just be viewed as starting points... once you have a few weeks' worth of data, you can tweak things so your actual results are more in line with your expected results.

This is why I don't eat back my exercise calories either. I do eat more on days I work because I'm constantly moving. But on days where I only exercise I eat around 1400 calories.