Confusion by remaining calories

teshiburu
teshiburu Posts: 262 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am slightly confused i have my target calories on MFP however when i exercise i earn "extra" calories

now are these calories i need to consume or just a chinese i could have for dinner instead?

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  • kathykatkitty
    kathykatkitty Posts: 61 Member
    I use mine up, and enjoy them. You earned them why not. Plus your body needs to gain back the calories it expended while being active.
  • krowanvil
    krowanvil Posts: 49 Member
    The answer is ... it depends on how you set up you MFP. When you set up your MFP, it asked you if you were sedentary, moderately active, etc.; if you picked sedentary, but you are now exercising and not actually being sedentary, you can eat the calories you burned off without impacting your weight loss goal. If you took your exercise and your daily routine into account when choosing moderate, very active, etc., you do not need to eat the calories you burned off (you already counted them in the estimate).
  • PandaBandit19
    PandaBandit19 Posts: 56
    It depends on how much you burned and what you want to do. You want your net cals to be pretty close to your goal, and definitely above 1200 unless advised by a doctor. Or so that's what I've read from the past forums and what not

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