confused... calories remaining?

laurabritton54

so my home page says I have eaten 873 calories today - 598 calories burned with exercise which = 275 net calories it then says I have 1030 calories remaining. can someone explain this to me? I'm new here and just getting started.

zoeysasha37

Mfp is set up to eat exercise calories back. So basically as you log your workouts, it gives you the extra calories you've burnt by working out, back to eat.
But that's sometimes a slippery slope. Mfp is known to overestimate calories burnt. For example, it could say that you've burnt 250 calories for a 20 min walk, but in reality only half of that was burnt.
Some people use a heart rate monitor to get a more accurate reading, rather then using mfp estimates.

laurabritton54

thanks!