Understanding the "NET" part of MFP

EmbracingAnueme

I am new to this and I am trying to make sure that I am doing things correctly so that I can maximize my weight loss
Currently MFP has me at 1260 calories and a net of 1000.
Usually after breakfast a nice chunk of my calories are gone. So I exercise so that I can eat those calories later. Sometimes my NET is as much as my caloric intake and I'm sure I'm doing something wrong.

Can someone please break this down for me.

Thanks kindly,
Maya

kaervaak

Net calories are your food calories minus your exercise calories. Your net calorie intake determines your daily calorie deficit which in turn determines how much you lose per week. A 3500 calorie deficit results in 1lb of weight loss (approximately). Unless you are extremely overweight, 2lbs of weight loss per week is quite aggressive and very hard to sustain. If you have 30lbs or less to lose, I would suggest you adjust your MFP settings to 1lb per week. 1200 calories is a very small amount per day and unless you're very small it will be hard to sustain that level of eating for very long.