net calories

mandy9808
mandy9808 Posts: 19
in Health and Weight Loss
Could someone explain net calories verses total calories?

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  • saraht131
    saraht131 Posts: 86
    Total calories = all the calories consumed
    net calories = calories consumed - calories burned by exercise
  • bizco
    bizco Posts: 1,949 Member
    Net calories = Total calories consumed - calories burned from exercise.

    You can see it clearly by going to My Home>>Goals. Carefully review the info on the right side of the screen.
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    NET is what you SHOULD be eating each day and you should plan it accordingly to eat what MFP is giving you each day. I wouldn't eat when you're not hungry of course and no if you don't meet your **1200 (example of calories) here and there and don't always eat back exercise calories you WILL NOT automatically go into 'Starvation Mode'.
  • mandy9808
    mandy9808 Posts: 19
    So my net calories would be 1300 a day. Is that enough to lose ? My net was 1050 and the scale would not move? Fitness pal advise 1450 a day. I need to lose 10 pounds having a very hard time getting in 1450 calories.

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