Calories...AM I right?

sfhudgens
sfhudgens Posts: 123 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
It says to eat 1400 a day. . . .If I eat 2000 calories....but burn 600 calories am I still okay? :laugh:
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  • er1ca2000
    er1ca2000 Posts: 4 Member
    Not to loose. At least I don't think so. If it were me, I would eat the 1400, and burn 600. Weight loss magic! :-)
  • Pearsquared
    Pearsquared Posts: 1,656 Member
    The math seems correct to me.
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Yes, absolutely right.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    Yes, if you're supposed to be eating 1400 calories, exercise and burn off 600, that would mean you'd need to eat 2000 to net 1400.
  • mwelch0212
    mwelch0212 Posts: 11
    Yup. Whatever you burn will be added to your available calories for that day. You'll want to eat more if you exercise.
  • Paco4gsc
    Paco4gsc Posts: 119 Member
    It says to eat net 1400 a day. . . .If I eat 2000 total calories....but burn 600 calories in additional exercise am I still okay? :laugh:

    Yes, given the details I added.
  • ramonafrincu
    ramonafrincu Posts: 160 Member
    It says to eat 1400 a day. . . .If I eat 2000 calories....but burn 600 calories am I still okay? :laugh:

    Yes! Because you need to NET 1400 calories and on MFP you need to eat the exercise calories back because you r already set up on a deficit so you will loose weight.
  • Beezil
    Beezil Posts: 1,677 Member
    Nice thing about MFP is they calculate the burn into your calories for the day, so you don't have to do the math. :)
  • ramonafrincu
    ramonafrincu Posts: 160 Member
    Not to loose. At least I don't think so. If it were me, I would eat the 1400, and burn 600. Weight loss magic! :-)

    NOPE!!!
  • skinnydreams19
    skinnydreams19 Posts: 282 Member
    Yup, you're net is the amount you want - so it doesn't matter for your weight loss if you eat 1400 and don't exercise vs. eating 2000 and burning 600 (though the latter will make you more tanned and help you change your body composition positively, making weight loss more likely to stick)!
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    If, when setting your goals and profile using MFP's guided method, you selected the appropriate activity level, MFP uses that info to determine your caloric requirements with the appropriate calorie deficit. Any additional activity above and beyond the selected activity level, such as exercise , should be "eaten" so as not to result in too great a deficit.

    You are doing things correctly and in a healthy manner.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    It says to eat 1400 a day. . . .If I eat 2000 calories....but burn 600 calories am I still okay? :laugh:

    That is exactly how MFP and the NEAT method work...absolutely correct. Just make sure your burn isn't overestimated. My rule when I was doing MFP was to eat back about 70-75% to account for any estimation error.
  • sfhudgens
    sfhudgens Posts: 123 Member
    Thanks guys. Just making sure even if its unhealthy calories is still better to burn that amount and i was just making sure....
  • mzteebell
    mzteebell Posts: 44 Member
    The math seems correct to me.

    Same here...
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Not to loose. At least I don't think so. If it were me, I would eat the 1400, and burn 600. Weight loss magic! :-)

    Nope, because MFP already has a big old deficit built into that calorie goal for weight loss. With the NEAT method (MFP method) you eat back exercise calories because the NEAT method assumes you do no exercise whatsoever and relies solely on your day to day general activities when accounting for your activity level...so exercise is extra activity that needs fuel.

    The key is to have a deficit for weight loss...but there is a fine line...too big a deficit is counterproductive which is why you see so many posts about I'm only eating nothing and not losing weight...your body will stall your metabolism when the deficit is too big because it thinks there's a famine or something going on and is protecting you and helping you stay alive.
  • Ed98043
    Ed98043 Posts: 1,333 Member
    Yes, but remember that unless you're set at sedentary, your activity level already has exercise calories built into it. You shouldn't log and eat back incidental exercise like housecleaning, walking to your car, and other normal daily things.
  • sfhudgens
    sfhudgens Posts: 123 Member
    The only exercise I add is what I do at the track with my HRM.....thats pretty acruate right?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Yes, but remember that unless you're set at sedentary, your activity level already has exercise calories built into it. You shouldn't log and eat back incidental exercise like housecleaning, walking to your car, and other normal daily things.

    No it doesn't...MFP is a NEAT method (Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis) calculator. When you set your activity level it mentions nothing about exercise...just what kind of job you do. If you are light active on MFP, that's just because you have a job or whatever that you are on your feet...if you use a TDEE calculator, light active is going to be 1-3 hrs of exercise per week plus your daily activity.

    Don't confuse methods.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Not to loose. At least I don't think so. If it were me, I would eat the 1400, and burn 600. Weight loss magic! :-)


    Huh?!

    Anyway .... 1400 Less 600 = 800 calories. This is not enough for basic bodily function .... heart, lungs, kidneys

    When your net calories are extremely low you will shed MUSCLE as well as fat. Personally, I would like to reduce my body fat% more than I want the number on the scale to be XX

    Just be careful with the number of calories you give yourself for exercise. Use a conservative estimate or use a heart rate monitor. Also, when you set your activity level .... don't "double count" exercise.
  • keem88
    keem88 Posts: 1,689 Member
    Not to loose. At least I don't think so. If it were me, I would eat the 1400, and burn 600. Weight loss magic! :-)

    LOL no.
    :grumble:
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    The only exercise I add is what I do at the track with my HRM.....thats pretty acruate right?

    To a point...it's all still estimation. If I recall correctly, there was a study done some time ago with some Polar models and they showed to be about 75% accurate for calorie burn.

    The calorie burn you get on your HRM isn't directly attributable to your actual HR...it's using your HR in a formula to determine to what degree are you in RE to your % of VO2 max and your muscles taking in oxygen. This is why HRMs are not reliable for strength training or any other anaerobic activity...only relatively accurate for an aerobic activity. There's no way to be 100% exact, this is all estimation based on certain assumptions.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    The only exercise I add is what I do at the track with my HRM.....thats pretty acruate right?

    It depends. Most HRMs are designed to estimate calories during steady state cardio so something will affect the accuracy, like intervals. It is not accurate for strength training as the increase in heart rate is not related the same way.
    Also that is assuming you have it set up correctly.
    And it's still an estimate.
    Everything is an estimate. There is no way to be totally accurate outside of a lab.
  • tryinghard71
    tryinghard71 Posts: 593
    The only exercise I add is what I do at the track with my HRM.....thats pretty acruate right?

    Yes that is more accurate than MFP exercise calories in their database. I use one as well for logging exercise and it has worked for me.
  • Ed98043
    Ed98043 Posts: 1,333 Member
    The only exercise I add is what I do at the track with my HRM.....thats pretty acruate right?

    Today you added walking to your car from work, three times - ?
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    The only exercise I add is what I do at the track with my HRM.....thats pretty acruate right?

    Yes that is more accurate than MFP exercise calories in their database. I use one as well for logging exercise and it has worked for me.

    People assume it is. Depending on the exercise it may or may not be.


    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Azdak?month=201201
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    The only exercise I add is what I do at the track with my HRM.....thats pretty acruate right?

    Today you added walking to your car from work, three times - ?

    Those types of calories would already be accounted for.

    Also, I'm not sure what "track" is but 260 calories for 15 minutes is exceedingly high.
  • TdaniT
    TdaniT Posts: 331 Member
    If, when setting your goals and profile using MFP's guided method, you selected the appropriate activity level, MFP uses that info to determine your caloric requirements with the appropriate calorie deficit. Any additional activity above and beyond the selected activity level, such as exercise , should be "eaten" so as not to result in too great a deficit.

    You are doing things correctly and in a healthy manner.

    I work in an office and sit at a desk all day. So I set my activity level to sedentary. It now wants me to eat 1280 calories per day! Is it okay to up it to light exercise and just not eat back ~all~ of my exercise calories? I am trying not to starve my body and still be able to lose weight.
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    Not to loose. At least I don't think so. If it were me, I would eat the 1400, and burn 600. Weight loss magic! :-)
  • sfhudgens
    sfhudgens Posts: 123 Member
    The only exercise I add is what I do at the track with my HRM.....thats pretty acruate right?

    Today you added walking to your car from work, three times - ?


    Yes because Its .33 from my car into work and I walked in this morning. walked out at lunch and walked back in. It will have one more time of that then it will be an hour at the track.
  • sfhudgens
    sfhudgens Posts: 123 Member
    The Track at the school I did a mile in that short time.

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