Burning 700 calories a day, eating 1,200?

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  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    this has to be a joke, someone reassure me this person isn't netting 500 calories a day?


    I don't why people are so obsessed with netting calories. Why bother to exercise and burn off 700 calories a day if your going to eat it all back? Why not just burn those calories, still eat a proper amount of food ( 1,200 calories a day) and lose weight twice as fast? I think it should be a personal choice weather to eat back your exercise calories or not.

    It is a personal choice. I won't be fatigued, have poor cognitive function, lousy skin, hair falling out, and a destroyed metabolism if you choose to net 500 calories a day. I made a different choice.
  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,660 Member
    this has to be a joke, someone reassure me this person isn't netting 500 calories a day?


    I don't why people are so obsessed with netting calories. Why bother to exercise and burn off 700 calories a day if your going to eat it all back? Why not just burn those calories, still eat a proper amount of food ( 1,200 calories a day) and lose weight twice as fast? I think it should be a personal choice weather to eat back your exercise calories or not.

    Because 1200 calories is not a "proper amount of food", but a deficit, already fewer calories than you need to maintain your weight. For instance, I need around 1500 to stay the weight I am as a lightly active, 5'2" person, so 1200 is 300 less than I need. If I burn 700 calories with exercise, I am netting only 500 calories, which is too low for someone to sustain oneself. Essentially, even eating back those calories, the person is still "netting" only 1200 calories. Most of us eat part or all of our exercise calories back.

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