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SharonB904
SharonB904 Posts: 17 Member
edited December 2024 in Getting Started
How does 1400 base calories plus 200 fitness calories end up being equal to 1200 calories. I think I am missing something.wli72fcvtk84.png

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  • ginnytez
    ginnytez Posts: 1,465 Member
    1200 is what you would eat without any extra burn of calories (what you would use if you did no extra exercise except for regular daily living). If our exercise increases, those calories are taken off the base--if you only ate the 1200 it would be like really eating 1000 and the deficit for the day would be larger than what is needed. If I have 200 exercise calories, I eat most of them (say 150 or so). The goal number can change each day based on exercise/activity increases through the day.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,476 Member
    edited March 2019
    That means that's how much you've eaten. (Net is Food minus Exercise = Net Food eaten)

    MFP wants you to eat more to fuel that extra exercise activity. So now you need to eat 1600.

    Look at the bottom line on your FOOD page and get "Remaining" to Zero.

    And, yeah, that's an error. I never even look at the dashboard (thanks tavis)
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    SharonB904 wrote: »
    How does 1400 base calories plus 200 fitness calories end up being equal to 1200 calories. I think I am missing something.wli72fcvtk84.png

    Mfp is really buggy at the moment. It should say -200 cals net
  • SharonB904
    SharonB904 Posts: 17 Member
    Thanks everyone.
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