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Net calories

bjcapshaw
bjcapshaw Posts: 5
edited January 1 in Health and Weight Loss
So I have been working out for over a year and have lost 40 lbs. This passed several weeks I have been reinvigorated and came across this site. I have been working out five days a week and counting calories. The last several days I have finished in the green. This means I have still had calories at the end of the day. I then came across the net portion of this site. I am wondering what I am supposed to be doing with this? is it more important to work out burning 750-1000 calories a day or focus on net? Any help that you can give would be great.

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  • stines72
    stines72 Posts: 853 Member
    i also havea question about net calories. should your NET calories be at least 1,200 a day or is it just that you need to EAT 1,200 a day
  • bjcapshaw
    bjcapshaw Posts: 5
    I never saw that before until I went to my home and it was a weird number, so I am not sure?
  • cmeade20
    cmeade20 Posts: 1,238 Member
    Net atleast 1200 calories a day. This site is set up to give you a deficit before you work out which is why it instructs you to eat back your exercise calories.
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