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tarachristine05
tarachristine05 Posts: 8
edited September 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Hi Everyone! So people keep talking about Net Calories. I was told by my trainer that my BMR is around 1300 and that I should eat 1300 daily. However, I do intense workouts (spinning, kick boxing, step aerobics) which I burn anywhere from 400-600. This would bring my net to 700-900 which is under 1200. Is this why I can't lose weight? should I put back in those calories from working out? Thanks for your help!

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  • amarie35
    amarie35 Posts: 333 Member
    Yes! You should eat back @ least 1/2 of your exercise calories. If you eat more calories, you should start losing weight. I know it sounds weird but it is true. You need to try and net @ least 1200 calories a day!
  • Sunshine_Girlie
    Sunshine_Girlie Posts: 618 Member
    I'm just catching on to that myself. Make sure you do eat 1200 net calories total. If not, your body will act out.
  • bhb301
    bhb301 Posts: 338 Member
    Most people eat their exercise cals back. But be careful MFP over estimates cals burned. Heart rate monitors are pretty accurate.. Your net should be 1,200 that's food-exercise===should still be 1,200
  • dolphin21
    dolphin21 Posts: 301 Member
    Can you explain all that 2 me? What are net calories and regular. I've been eating less on net and i've been burn bout 400-500 calories a day. Is this why im not loosing any weight and just staying at the same number either up 2 pounds and then goes back?
  • maemiller
    maemiller Posts: 439 Member
    yes, if you dont eat back your calories, your body goes into starvation mode and starts storing fat. ive been there and plateued for a while and im finally started losing again
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