So is it 1200 NET calories, or just 1200 calories?

I personally do not believe in eating back your workout calories. Just seems counter productive to me.

I agree.

Unless I do a bunch over my normal amount, I don't count it at all and don't eat them back. I gage by hunger. I if I'm hungry, I eat extra. If I'm not, No Way that I'm shoving in food just to eat up to a number.

It is net.

And if you are a male over 350 pounds, net 1,200 probably isn't enough. How many does mfp suggest you eat?

It's telling me 2600/day, which seems crazy to me, I wasn't eating that much before. I can hit 2000 pretty easily I guess, but once I work out that adds another 1000-1500 some days. I can't afford to eat that much!

That's definitely off. I'm at 369 and it's giving me 2370 a day....

You should eat back your exercise calories and net your goal. Eat back your calories because mfp is built to factor in so much activity based on what you set your activity level at, and anything over that equates to calories you can eat back (and should, since the goal is to lose weight in a maintainable way, not lose weight as quickly as possible).

Sorry I'm on my phone and don't have it ready, but find the guide to sexy pants and read it...among some of the other stickied topics here.

I eat back my exercise calories (however, mfp grossly overestimates calories burned, so if you use it to estimate calories burned maybe only eat back half or so, or measure calories burned in some other way). What i am doing and have been doing has been working. I net 1490 calories per day currently with my activity being lightly active (5'4", 34 years old).

So, if I have a net of 60, that is bad?

Really?....Yes, that would not be using MFP as intended. You're supposed to net your goal.

It's telling me 2600/day, which seems crazy to me, I wasn't eating that much before. I can hit 2000 pretty easily I guess, but once I work out that adds another 1000-1500 some days. I can't afford to eat that much!

What do you mean by 2600 being crazy and that you weren't eating that much before?

Let me verify: I need to net 1200, after exercise.

Also, no need to be snarky. I am new here, and I am learning.

You need to net your MFP goal, weather by eating back portions of exercise calories, or not exercising and properly logging. By netting 62 calories, that would be like doing zero exercise and having 2/3's of a 100 calorie snack pack for your entire day of eating.

BTW, that's not snark :drinker:

Thanks for the info!

(I am snarky, so I tend to read things in a snarky tone.)

my hubby is 200 and mfp gave him 2100 a day without the added exercise calories. I think you need more.