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Can someone Explain....

Brroookkkkeeeee
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Your daily summary..that little box on ur homepage...what does net mean?
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intake -output = net0
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Your net calories are your daily number of calories plus any calories you earned exercising minus what you have eaten...the remainder are your net calories. At least I believe that's it, anyone-correct me if I'm wrong!0
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Your net calories are your daily number of calories plus any calories you earned exercising minus what you have eaten...the remainder are your net calories. At least I believe that's it, anyone-correct me if I'm wrong!
Correct.
Food = what you've eaten, calories consumed
Exercise = calories you've burned
Net= Food - Exercise
Your net number should equal what you are supposed to eat in a day, whatever your calories are set at.0 -
ok here's the numbers
goal-1200
food-1270..went over 70
exercise- -386
net-884
good or bad??0 -
ok here's the numbers
goal-1200
food-1270..went over 70
exercise- -386
net-884
good or bad??
Bad, You should have a net equal to your goal at the end of the day. 1200-884= 316 Calories remaining. By going below 1200 you are risking starvation mode.0 -
so I really didn't go over? Sorry I'm still trying to understand everything....so basically my exercise is subtracted from total calories? and whats left I need to make up for that?0
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ok here's the numbers
goal-1200
food-1270..went over 70
exercise- -386
net-884
good or bad??
Bad, You should have a net equal to your goal at the end of the day. 1200-884= 316 Calories remaining. By going below 1200 you are risking starvation mode.
Yup, that's riight. You did not go over, you needed to eat a bit more.0 -
Your goal and your net should be the same number (or very close to it) at the end of every day.0
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great,thanks ladies for helping me out0
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