Don't understand the "net calories"

Melton001
Melton001 Posts: 4
edited September 29 in Health and Weight Loss
Is my goal to have 3500 left for the week or just to make it 0?

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  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
    MFP has already built the proper deficit into your calorie goal, meaning that if you eat the calories MFP gives you, you will lose weight.

    Take a look at your Goals tab (from the My Home tab) and it should make more sense.
  • JeffGDDG
    JeffGDDG Posts: 252 Member
    0 is your goal for the day. The deficit is built in based on how much you said you wanted to lose in a week.
  • kel7298
    kel7298 Posts: 1,542 Member
    If you look at the top of your MFP page it shows your Goal (how much food to eat that day) Food (how much food you actually ate that day) less any Exercise = Net. Your daily net should be equal to your goal (in a perfect world) When you exercise, it reduces your net, thus why you are to EAT BACK your exercise calories. This works for some and not for others. Play with it if you see no results, i.e. only eat back 1/2 your exercise calories..etc.

    Good Luck!
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