How many calories do you NET?

To lose 1/2 pound a week, I'm netting as close to 2000 as I can (I'm 5'7.5" and 178.4lbs).

I started losing in January. I'm 5'10", athletic build and was 200 pounds. I started using MFP and to lose 2 pounds per week they had me eating 1250 NET calories a day. I usually was under 1300. I would eat back about 75% of any calories burned during exercise, unless I was really hungry, because usually those estimates are high.

I lost 30 pounds and then stopped focusing on weight loss because I was training for a half marathon. I've mostly taken the summer off and haven't been tracking my foods, but I have been able to maintain within 2-3 pounds +/- of my 30 pound weight loss. I weigh myself daily to track the overall trends and to catch myself before I start gaining too much.

Right now I'm tracking again trying to lose the next 15 pounds to see if I can maintain at that weight. I'm aiming for 1 pound per week since I'm still running and have 2 more half marathons coming up this year.

I am netting around 800-900 as well. My goal daily according to this thing is 1390. I eat around 1200-1300 (or I try to to.. sometimes I force myself to eat more to meet that) and then I work out a lot so my calories net to 800-900. I've lost 8 pounds in a week..

This diet and working out might be a shock for my body so I might be losing a lot since I just started.. I work from home so I wasn't very active outside of the house chores but now I'm hitting the gym 4 times a week at least and burning 500+ calories per visit. Also.. I never used to eat like this before. Im pretty sure I ate over 2000 a day before.

I net my mfp calorie goal of 1200...and have lost safe and steady. I have not embraced exercise yet. I'm afriad to upset the balance of things going well now.

My net number goes up and down depending on how hungry I am, so I take it by week. My average is about 1200 a day.

I net between 800-1200 calories. My BMR is 1347 and my TDEE is 2017. I eat around 1500 calories a day. I still don't quite understand the Net calories, I'm really really new at this, but I have someone on MFP who has been amazing motivation and help when it comes to the actual educational process. To me living healthy and looking good have so much more than just eating a certain amount of calories and working out.

Wildly fluctuates depending on what I'm doing. I can be -500 one day and +1600 the next depending on if I only walked a mile, or if I ran 5, or maybe I went tubing with the kid, or wave jumping for four or five hours. I like mixing up my activities so sometimes I burn only 100 or 200 net cals a day and sometimes I'll burn as much as 2000. I go for a weekly average instead. My weekly net is 7700 - 8400 .

Keep in mind I'm not on a set weight loss schedule. I don't freak when I gain a pound or two, don't freak when I lose two or three. I'm going for the whole have fun working out lifestyle change and to keep my blood pressure low, my cholesterol low, and my diabetes under control.

(And yes, sometimes I have my cake and eat it, too - just a really small piece!) :devil:

Anywhere between 1600-1800

I currently eat 2000 cals....so on days I exercise I aim to net 1200-1500 cals.

I was netting around 900 cals and stopped losing.. as I understand it you have to net over 1200 to be safe so I'm trying to net about 1300-1400 now.