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calorie counting

jennywhitewii
jennywhitewii Posts: 4
edited September 2024 in Introduce Yourself
My daily goal before exercise is 1200 calories. I have been eating 1200 calories but after i have excercised my net total goes up. I never go much past 1200 but sometimes my net can be 1500 or more. Should i eat upto those 1500 or am i better off sticking to the 1200 calories. HELP!

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  • VialOfDreams
    VialOfDreams Posts: 217
    You have to eat at least 1200 calories for healthy function of your body. If you exercise, the calories do go up, and you'd have to eat 1500/day to maintain. Since you want to lose weight, I'd say eat about half of them back.
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