Net calories????
Options
laurac7888
Posts: 19
Hey! So I'm just a week into this and have had so many people explain net and I'm still confused! So I thought I understood until I googled net calories. Everything I'm reading says I need a negative net to actually lose weight. Someone plz explain! Maybe it was that site in particular that uses a negative... Idk but now I'm feeling more confused then beginning! So which helps u lose weight -500 net or 1200 net?
0
Replies
-
Hey! So I'm just a week into this and have had so many people explain net and I'm still confused! So I thought I understood until I googled net calories. Everything I'm reading says I need a negative net to actually lose weight. Someone plz explain! Maybe it was that site in particular that uses a negative... Idk but now I'm feeling more confused then beginning! So which helps u lose weight -500 net or 1200 net?
No. You don't want to eat less than 1200 calories a day period. You'll end up damaging your metabolism and who knows what else. It's really simple, you're stressing yourself out too much over this. Your net is this : calories consumed - exercise calories.0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 392.1K Introduce Yourself
- 43.6K Getting Started
- 259.9K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.7K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.4K Fitness and Exercise
- 403 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.8K Motivation and Support
- 7.9K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.4K MyFitnessPal Information
- 23 News and Announcements
- 983 Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.4K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions