How does the calorie thing work!!!!

Elvira2014

Yes your calorie in take restarts daily. Mine is 1200 calories a day. But dont forget lots of water ! :-)

Ophidion

Yes on mfp your intake resets daily, but is a good idea to monitor your total intake over the week and monitor real world results, eg losses, how you look and feel. etc

Its good to keep a close eye on things but must remember the big picture.

Ophidion

Calories can be spread out through the week anyway, so as long as the end week net is good...but can turn into a recipe for disaster.

Ophidion

bump because of misconceptions

pyrowill

This should help you on your way...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1069278-acronyms-and-terms-for-new-mfp-members-v-6

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819925-the-basics-don-t-complicate-it

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/817188-iifym

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/why-big-caloric-deficits-and-lots-of-activity-can-hurt-fat-loss.html

Very helpful dude!

rubyhill1983

Ok Thanks everyone!!! Y'all are all so very helpful!!!! Good luck everyone!!!!

itsjustdawn

Thanks everyone!!! So My goal calories is 1210 but today I only ate 1105 minus my 401 exercise calories leaves me with 704 net so is that good or bad?

Wow that is really low. You should try calculating your BMR. Keep in mind that when MFP says your net calorie total should be 1200 that it means your intake MINUS your exercise calories should equal 1200. (Or whatever number MFP gives you). You should really calculate your BMR and aim to eat whatever number that is. You can set your own goals on MFP.

itsjustdawn

You want to make sure that you eat your 1210 daily. If you are trying to lose weight, then don't eat back the calories that you burn. If you are just trying to maintain, then eat back your calories that you burn. What you are today in the 1100 is ok, but try and get closer to that 1210 daily goal. Good luck!

Very bad information here.

soldier4242

Thanks everyone!!! So My goal calories is 1210 but today I only ate 1105 minus my 401 exercise calories leaves me with 704 net so is that good or bad?

If after entering your information MFP tells you that you want to land on 1210 and you do 401 calories of exercise then on that day you would want to eat 1611 calories. That would be the 1210base + 401 exercise= 1611 for that day.

The reason for this is MFP has already accounted for your deficit when you told it how much weight you want to lose each week.

sprale

If you go to the cardio exercise, and search for strength training, you can log the amount of time you did strength training for there also and it will tell you how many calories were burned.

Mischievous_Rascal

I struggled with those numbers for a long while. I found this calculator to figure out my TDEE:

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

Just be very honest about your activity level, and choose -20% if you have more than 10-15 pounds to lose, or 10% if 15 or less. You eat the calories it gives you and don't worry about your exercise calories, just focus on the intensity of your workouts. You may be shocked that the number is way more than what MFP starts you off with. I was plateauing for MONTHS at 1650 + whatever exercise, but I've lost 7 pounds in the past five weeks by eating at 2000 per day (my macros are 35C/35P/30F) and keeping my exercise the same. And it's WAY easier on the head to deal with just one number that doesn't fluctuate each day.

Read this, too. It helped me soooooo much!!!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/974889-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet

Best of luck!
C.