Net calories vs calories

PurplePookie

I was checking out my reports and I could get a report based on net calories and one for calories but the graph looked the same. Can someone please tell me what the difference is.

vypeters

Are you logging any exercise? Net calories = calories - exercise calories

Sooo:

1500 calories no exercise = 1500 net calories
1500 calories - 300 calories exercise = 1200 net calories

I classify myself as sedentary and then log all my purposeful exercise (as opposed to the activities of daily life). That IMO gives the best picture of net calories.