Net Calories? Eat what you burn??

GoyaMommy13

i'm confused! i know this thread is probably has been done a billion times before but i need answers.

so far i've been eating 1200 calories and exercising. i do not eat more when i exercise i pretty much stick to 1200 give or take 50 calories. one of my MFP friends is doing an experiement but it's after he hit his target weight. i need to lose, people. not trying to tone up or get buff...i want to LOSE. so to me, eat more equals gain more.

can someone please explain why we should eat more calories if we burn some off? i want to maximize weight loss in a healthy way but i just don't get it...

PLEASE HELP!

LorinaLynn

But what do you want to lose? Weight or fat? Keep in mind that losing weight along means that you'll be losing muscle as well as fat, and that's a lot more likely to happen if you have too large of a calorie deficit.

Your net calories should be as close as possible to your goal calories. The exercise calories aren't bonus calories. They're something that most other weight loss plans would factor in when they give you your calorie goal. MFP is different in that they don't factor your exercise into the mix UNTIL you've done it.

See for yourself... if you change your exercise goal so that you'd be exercising 8 hours a day, 7 days a week, they'd say you get the same amount of calories as if you did 20 minutes three times a week. That's because it's not added to your goal unless and until you do the exercise.

daisyelaine

You might have to play with it a bit, and see what works for YOUR body, but I would *guess* that 1200 calories isn't enough for where you want to be.
Short answer-- read this. Best thing I can say.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits

And then, this one.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/6556-the-answers-to-the-question

Hope this helps!:flowerforyou: