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briggsf
briggsf Posts: 28
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How many calories should I be netting daily? And are the MFP calories good to go by?

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  • briabner
    briabner Posts: 427 Member
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    You should be trying to net 1200 calories a day. I personally was eating too little and working out too much and was loosing and gaining the same 3-7 pounds over a course of a month. I didnt realize that I needed to be netting 1200 calories. So I have increased my calories and I have lost already at least 1.5 pounds with weigh in on friday. There are a few other numbers that you can go by. You should look up your BMR and also your TDEE, you can google these and there are a ton of sites that can help you our with these numbers.
  • briggsf
    briggsf Posts: 28
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    I tried the TDEE calculator, but seems like way to many calories.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
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    You should be netting whatever your daily goal is, or at the very LEAST, 1200. And if you ran the numbers for TDEE correctly, it's not too many calories - food is fuel, and makes for a happy, fat shedding body. :bigsmile:

    I've been eating 1800+ calories (TDEE minus 20%) for the past year, reached goal weight (lost the last stubborn 10lbs, and dropped a full size), and recently upped my calories to 1950 because I still have some fat to lose.
  • briggsf
    briggsf Posts: 28
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    Thanks:)
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
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    How many calories should I be netting daily? And are the MFP calories good to go by?
    "Net" what you need to net (which is why it's good to know your BMR/TDEE. I'm 48 and currently netting 1500-1600 a day (and losing).
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,583 Member
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    You should be netting whatever your daily goal is, or at the very LEAST, 1200. And if you ran the numbers for TDEE correctly, it's not too many calories - food is fuel, and makes for a happy, fat shedding body. :bigsmile:

    I've been eating 1800+ calories (TDEE minus 20%) for the past year, reached goal weight (lost the last stubborn 10lbs, and dropped a full size), and recently upped my calories to 1950 because I still have some fat to lose.

    this. there is no blanket answer. trust TDEE, it works.
  • dixiewhiskey
    dixiewhiskey Posts: 3,333 Member
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    You should be netting whatever your daily goal is, or at the very LEAST, 1200. And if you ran the numbers for TDEE correctly, it's not too many calories - food is fuel, and makes for a happy, fat shedding body. :bigsmile:

    I've been eating 1800+ calories (TDEE minus 20%) for the past year, reached goal weight (lost the last stubborn 10lbs, and dropped a full size), and recently upped my calories to 1950 because I still have some fat to lose.

    I trust the woman who looks like that.. listen to her ^

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