Daily Goal or Net..?

cloza12
cloza12 Posts: 68 Member
in Food and Nutrition
My daily goal in calories is 1540. The Net goal is 1500. I've read posts here of people saying that they eat until their net is 1200 and others that they eat their daily goal of calories. I've been eating an average of 1200-1300 Net and I'm always under my daily calorie goal. So my question is, should I follow the Net calorie or Daily calorie goal?

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  • chuckles9189
    chuckles9189 Posts: 343 Member
    i'm so glad someone asked this...
  • ecw3780
    ecw3780 Posts: 608 Member
    Net is what you have eaten - what you have burned exercising. Just don't let your net drop below 1200 and you will be fine.
  • lasmit4477
    lasmit4477 Posts: 308 Member
    Exercise is used to create a deficit so that you can eat more food!

    Calculating your TDEE (including your activity/exercise) and taking 15-20% from that will give you your total calorie goal and there would not be a need to eat back or worry with exercise calories.
  • ecw3780
    ecw3780 Posts: 608 Member
    or, just know that you can eat up to your daily goal and not gain weight. I have no desire to do extra math, I just sync my fitbit and then eat what it says I should.

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