Net Calories? Do I need to eat more when I workout?

rya4eva

Ok so what is a good net calorie number? I am little confused so I have been eating between 1200-1350 a day but am very active sometimes and workout. I am a massage therapist and workout on top of that for about an hour or so. My average workout burn is 650 and can be up to 1,000 depending how busy I get at work. My net calories average between 300-800 calories.. is that too low? I thought the whole point of weight loss is to create a deficient. Should my goal be to have net calories of 1200? But then I feel as though I would be over eating. Even if I eat 1500 a day and burn 1,000 that still leaves me with 500 net calories.... is that bad? I am open to any ideas to make sure I am going about this whole weight loss thing healthy for the LONG run. Thanks!

nomeejerome

No. You should not be netting 300-800 calories per day. Read this link and all of the links in it:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants?page=1#posts-16625920

81Katz

Don't log your work as exercise, it's not.

Net at least 1200, but most people eat more and still lose weight.

Even if you don't exercise (exercise, not work) you'll lose weight because there is already a deficit in place. Exercising only makes the deficit larger, so you should be eating back some of those exercise calories.