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grandmacar
grandmacar Posts: 14
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I'm new to using this to track food and discovered that when you exercise it adds calories to the amount you can have for the day. I messed up and ate my extra calories as I was only watching the calories left and didn't realize it added more to the 1200. LOL So, if you are new, watch for that. ;-)
Yea for us all who are on the weight loss journey. We can do it.

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  • PietrosMom
    PietrosMom Posts: 22
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    Don't feel bad, it takes time to get used to it. On the positive side if you still ate at or below the total, you would maintain. I do though understand you are at a point of loosing, but at least if you went a bit over, it would not mean gaining :)

    Cheers
  • NavyMommy
    NavyMommy Posts: 102 Member
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    It depends on what your goals are and what your body needs. A lot of people suggest eating back the exercise calories that MFP gives you since 1200 is such a low goal. If you're exercising on top of that your body may need more fuel. I personally aim for 1400 to 1600 a day even though MFP defaulted my settings to 1200 because for my body that was just to low. I have a BodyMedia armband now and aim for a 1000 calorie deficit on it, which is why sometimes I still have calories left at the end of the day.

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