Am I eating enough calories?

cay2810
cay2810 Posts: 15
in Food and Nutrition
Is your BMR recommendation based on your net calories for the day or total (not including the cal burned) I guess what I'm asking is if my daily recommendation is 1600 calories and I eat 1700 and burn 400 cal (which = 1300cal) am I still eating too little for the amount of exercise I do? Or am I eating too much by going over my recommendation even though I burn it off? I just a need some conformation if I'm doing it right and a heads up if I need to be corrected! Thanks guys :)

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  • Lind5ay90
    Lind5ay90 Posts: 376 Member
    I struggle with this too so I'll be stalking the thread to see the responses! I allow myself 1500 cals per day...but go for a run every night that burns 350 or so calories. So, do I eat those back?
  • cay2810
    cay2810 Posts: 15
    I've heard some people eat half back if they want to lose weight.
  • knovello82
    knovello82 Posts: 110 Member
    MFP gives you an amount of calories to eat assuming you did not exercise that day. If your calorie goal is 1500, that's what you can lose weight on without exercise. So, yes, if you eat 1500, and burn 400, you are only taking in 1100 which is too low.

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