net calories??

kimballtracy

so i just checked my reports for my net calories and two days earlier in the week are in the negative?? whats going on?? i ate all my calories and some of my extra from working out...what am i doing?

NoAdditives

If you have negative net calories it means that you have burned more calories than you have consumed.

hottottie11

Actually I know what you're talking about. It does that for me also and I know I'm not in the negative with my calories...Far from it. I think its a website glitch.

kimballtracy

hmm im eating what they told me to eat... but maybe i just need to eat more...i wonder if thats why i gained a lb this week?

javamom

so i just checked my reports for my net calories and two days earlier in the week are in the negative?? whats going on?? i ate all my calories and some of my extra from working out...what am i doing?

A minus and numbers in red means you ate more than your goal.

AnnaPixie

you need to give us the numbers hun. Can't really comment without them. What does eating back 'some' of them mean?? :flowerforyou:

kimballtracy

some of my work out calories... maybe its cause im working out mre than i signed up for when i set up my account? because i go over my weekly calorie burn. it says i need to eat 1500 base and then whatever i burn when i work out.

Booper83

If you have negative numbers, you ate over your calories and ate your workout. Hon, you gained a pound, because you are eating too much. To maintain you eat your calories you burn. If you want to lose, the rule is...calories in/calories out. Eat the net cals but don't eat your workout calories. I know mfp says too, but, if you eat your workout calories....then what is the point of working out to lose weight? If you eat your workout calories, you will only maintain or gain. Sorry, but don't eat more. Eat your net calories, and burn your calories from working out and don't eat your workout calories if you want to lose. Hope this makes sense.

NoAdditives

If you have negative numbers, you ate over your calories and ate your workout. Hon, you gained a pound, because you are eating too much. To maintain you eat your calories you burn. If you want to lose, the rule is...calories in/calories out. Eat the net cals but don't eat your workout calories. I know mfp says too, but, if you eat your workout calories....then what is the point of working out to lose weight? If you eat your workout calories, you will only maintain or gain. Sorry, but don't eat more. Eat your net calories, and burn your calories from working out and don't eat your workout calories if you want to lose. Hope this makes sense.

A. You have to eat 3500 calories over your maintenance calories in order to gain a real pound.

B. Eating exercise calories will not cause you to maintain or gain weight. MFP already gives you a caloric deficit in your daily calorie goal. Eating exercise calories replaces the cals you burn so that your body gets the nutrition it needs.

adhillman01

There is definitely a glitch with the website that many have noted. In my reports when I look at the week view it shows a negative net calories even when my diary shows I had a net positive calories. Mine seems to work properly when I display a month view in reports.

AnnaPixie

Ok, so if your minimum is 1500 and you burn 300 thats 1800 you need to eat. But if you only eat 1650 you are 150 short, so your net will be 1350, which is below your base. Your net will always be below if you dont eat back all 1500 plus your exercise cals.

It's the same with me. My base is 1200. So if I exercise I need to eat all my exercise cals to reach a positive net, which rarely happens.

Makes sense?

:flowerforyou:

hottottie11

There is definitely a glitch with the website that many have noted. In my reports when I look at the week view it shows a negative net calories even when my diary shows I had a net positive calories. Mine seems to work properly when I display a month view in reports.

Yay! Someone read my reply. It has nothing to do with your eating goals, if you are maintaining a healthy deficit day to day with exercise and dieting. Its a glitch. My report says I ate negative 500 calories last Sat and no calories on Sunday and I didn't lol. Its a glitch

AnnaPixie

If you have negative numbers, you ate over your calories and ate your workout. Hon, you gained a pound, because you are eating too much. To maintain you eat your calories you burn. If you want to lose, the rule is...calories in/calories out. Eat the net cals but don't eat your workout calories. I know mfp says too, but, if you eat your workout calories....then what is the point of working out to lose weight? If you eat your workout calories, you will only maintain or gain. Sorry, but don't eat more. Eat your net calories, and burn your calories from working out and don't eat your workout calories if you want to lose. Hope this makes sense.

Sorry, this is incorrect! The deficit to lose weight is already calcuatated BEFORE you see the numbers in your diary. So when it says eat 1500 minimum its already taken off 500 cals per day (to lose 1lb week) to get to that number. Therefore if you dont eat your exercise calories (say 300) you are going to be the 500 plus the 300 exercise cals in deficit, which is why your net is negative.