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Net calories or Calories to end plateau?

caeliumspecto
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I keep reading people on here suggesting that increasing Calories will end a plateau. Usually they say that they increase Calories and don't eat back exercise Calories.
I'm curious, are you all talking about increasing Calories or Net Calories? I eat a lot more than my "Net Goal," but I'm usually way under once I'm done with exercise.
Should I just eat more and increase my daily net Calories, or increase my Calories and burn off the difference so Net Calories stays the same?
I'm curious, are you all talking about increasing Calories or Net Calories? I eat a lot more than my "Net Goal," but I'm usually way under once I'm done with exercise.
Should I just eat more and increase my daily net Calories, or increase my Calories and burn off the difference so Net Calories stays the same?
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You have to increase your net calories. There's no point to increasing gross then exercising them off.0
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