net calories?

CEG260
CEG260 Posts: 9
in Food and Nutrition
Hi,
Sorry if I sound really ignorant but I'm a bit confused about the net calories on here? I've been logging how many calories I've been eating and how many I've been burning through exercise so I understand it's the sum of that but what would a healthy sum be?

Thanks for your help :)

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  • SergeiKay
    SergeiKay Posts: 90 Member
    That depends on your goal.

    Examples:
    You want to maintain your current weight - net calories then should be around the amount of calories you use up during the day without the exercise.

    You want to lose some weight - net calories then should be less than your TDEE (TDEE is the amount calories your body burns in a 24 hour period, sleeping, working, exercising, playing and even digesting food, http://iifym.com/calculators/tdee-calculator/).

    Let me know if this clears things up, i can go into more detail.
  • CEG260
    CEG260 Posts: 9
    No that's perfect thankyou! Was getting confused if it was similar to a calorie deficit but now I understand thanks!

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