Help me figure this out please?!

lorijaclyn

I just CAN'T for the life of me wrap my brain around this....someone please just tell me how much I should eat and exercise! LOL!
I know the stats, 500 less cal's a day x 7 days/week = 3500 cal deficit, which means 1lb loss!

BUT ----
I eat 1500 calories a day, burn about 500 cals through exercise.....so then.....does that mean I SHOULD STILL LITERALLY eat 1500 a day, but after exercise it is really only 1000 that should be showing up in MFP...so I should have 500 left over to eat!!???

Does this make sense?! HELP!
I'm 31
5'5
female
working out at least 60 min a day
cardio and strength
eating 1500 cals a day

Change_is_Good_

From what I gather you want to be at thet 1500 mark even after you have taken off your exercise cals, but I have just posted a clueless thread myself so hopefully someone else can help

pastryari

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

WBB55

One thing that helps is to know how many calories you're burning throughout the day. That requires finding out your "BMR" and "TDEE". This thread is a pretty good one to help learn how to find those numbers:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013

So, if you're TDEE (including all exercise) is 2000 per day, then if you ate 1500 calories, you'd have your 500 calorie deficit.