Newbie- Please help me to understand?

nanbarnes1

Hello,
I am new, have been on a 12 day journey. Motivated, drinking water, water exercise no less than 90 minutes every day.
Not sure if I have lost any weight but I do feel better.

When I look at my overall diet profile I do not understand what some of this means,

1. Calories burned from normal daily activity - is that just being alive or does that include my 90 minutes of swimming?
2. My daily goal of net calories consumed is 1630 - every calorie is healthy at this point.
3. in red it shows daily cal. deficiet is 1000 calories, - so I should lose? Is this a good number?

So in summary, I make the assumption that if my exercise number is higher than my calories consumed daily, I will lose?
thanks for any help you can provide

AliciaV30

Ur normally always in the red if u burn more then what ur eating I have people tell me as long as ur net is 800 or more u should be ok so like if u ate 1630 cals but burned 1000 cals u only really had 630 cals which isn't good but we are all different. Some days I'm in the red and some I'm not either way I think it's really how u feel at the end of the day. Hope that helped :happy:

bdixiegirl

I just started dieting and some walking, I am just 42 and over weight. like you did, I stay tired and can't keep up. Any tips on staying motivated and not night snacking?

nanbarnes1

Thanks motivators, working hard, almost ocd but the one comment about being in the red/net helps me to understand better. I think I have lost 4 lbs already according to the new scale I purchased today. Have an md appt next week and that will be the real test as my starting weight is what was at the md about 4 weeks ago.

jkal1979

A lot of good information can be found in the pinned topics at the top of each forum.

Here is one that will help you with getting started:

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