EATING 2000 calories or NETTING 2000 calories ?????

tabinmaine

I see many people on here talk about "eating 2000 calories" or bumping my intake up to 2200 calories.... etc.....

do you mean "netting" or "consuming" ???

If you eat 2000 calories but you go to the gym that day and burn 450 then you are actually only "netting" 1550 calories..... so saying you bumped your food up to 2000 calories is not actually right.... make sense ??

Just trying to understand what people mean when they say I am eating 1800 calories..... are you really ???

gemiwing

Can't speak for anyone else- but for ME I meant I eat 2000 cals and then on top of that I eat my exercise cals back.

TDEE is 2600 non workout days
TDEE is 3600 on workout days

So I eat 2000 a day- regardless of my activity level. ON TOP of that I eat back exercise cals and more if my deficit is too great. I do best around 15%, even slipping to 20% deficit stalls my weight loss significantly.

jen_fitnhappy

As far as I understand it is the amount to cosume (gross), not net. I calculated my TDEE with exercise already built in: 1408 (BMR) x 1.55 (moderately active) = 2294----> 2294-250 (half pound loss wk)= 2044 cals to eat per day.

If the number everyone's talking about is net, then that's a lot of food lol!! I'm finding it hard to find 2000 calories a day! I love this idea and I figure what do I have to lose (besides weight of course)?? I wasn't losing before with minimal calories. Everyone here is so helpful, I'd like to see what they have to say too

Martucha123

I guess it can mean both

But if you are sedentary and not obese, then probably netting 2000 is to much for you
My TEDE is only 1730. (I'm sedentary) On top of that I do burn 1400+ kcal per week walking and 1000-1600 working out. So on maintenance I could eat 2000-2300 kcal. But I could never net that! And I'm 5'7 so not tiny at all.

No if your work requires walking or even standing, you can burn extra 1000 kcal easily, then you should be netting 2000 kcal.

31prvrbs

Check-out the ****portion of the original TDEE sticky.

If TDEE is calculated correctly (with exercise built in), then there's no need to eat back exercise cals. But if using MFPs numbers, then cals should be eaten back, as MFP doesn't include exercise cals.

Although I will say, if you've already been eating back TDEE cals and are still getting favorable results, I'd say stick with that amount, because activity level may have been underestimated in TDEE calculations.

Martucha123

Re-read the ****portion of the original TDEE sticky.

If TDEE is calculated correctly (with exercise built in), then there's no need to eat back exercise cals. But if using MFPs numbers, then cals should be eaten back, as MFP doesn't include exercise cals.

Although I will say, if you've already been eating back TDEE cals and are still getting favorable results, I'd say stick with that amount, because activity level may have been underestimated in TDEE calculations.

yep
I know that TDEE is supposed to include your excercise cals, but it won't work for those who have flexible workout schedules. There is no easy way for me to estimate how much will I burn during the week, even on average, therefore I count my regular activities into TDEE and the rest is a bonus. Given that MFP add exercise calories do your daily allowance I belive it's the best way to do that.