Net

daggoneit
daggoneit Posts: 34 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Should my Net be 0? Or 1200 (my goal)?
I'm confused.

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  • daggoneit
    daggoneit Posts: 34 Member
    Anyone?
  • cstexas2012
    cstexas2012 Posts: 53 Member
    People probably think you're trolling. Your goal is 1200. Your net should also be 1200. This means that if you eat 1500 calories you should be burning 300 through exercise.
  • qnih
    qnih Posts: 16
    From MFP Help:

    We set your nutritional target in Net Calories which we define as:

    Calories Consumed (Food) - Calories Burned (Exercise) = Net Calories

    What that means is that if you exercise, you will be able to eat more for that day. For example, if your Net Calorie goal is 2000 calories, one way to meet that goal is to eat 2,500 calories of food, but then burn 500 calories through exercise.

    Think of your Net Calories like a daily budget of calories to spend. You spend them by eating, and you earn more calories to eat by exercising.
  • daggoneit
    daggoneit Posts: 34 Member
    Oh thanks I get it.
    Sorry if this was a dumb question and sounded like I was trolling. I was serious and 1200calories Net seemed a bit much to me...

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