calories left

ashleyg297
ashleyg297 Posts: 1
edited November 15 in Getting Started
Hey guys I am a new user and I noticed that after my exercise and all my food I have "calories left" what exactly does that mean??

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  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    Those are calories that you still have available to eat. If your using MFP's exercise calorie burns, its usually recommended to eat 50-75% of them back (leaves room for errors in logging).
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    It means you get to eat more.
  • shazzcrocker
    shazzcrocker Posts: 2
    I am on a 1200 calorie a day. I exercise a lot and very active in my work eg only sit down when I drive. If I add my exercise it's adds up to 600 calories a day should I eat them? I've only done this one week & not lost any weight.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,615 Member
    shazzcrocker wrote: »
    I am on a 1200 calorie a day. I exercise a lot and very active in my work eg only sit down when I drive. If I add my exercise it's adds up to 600 calories a day should I eat them? I've only done this one week & not lost any weight.

    You can opt not to eat your exercise calories ... or if you do choose to eat them, aim to eat only about half.

    So if you burn 600 calories through exercise, eat up to about 300 of them.

  • mandychowx
    mandychowx Posts: 179 Member
    I am on 1200 calories too and I am highly active. On my training days, I aim to just eat 1200 calories even though I burn 500. Its just my own preference and that I dont get hungry on training days.

    I suggest eating 1200 on training days. If you get hungry, increase it by 100-200 calories, no more than 40% I say. The more the deficit, the more the weight loss.
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    The problem with calories burned just like food consumed is whether the measurements are accurate. To avoid MFP inflation, then start by eating up to 50% as you dont want to be eating calories you havent burned. If you are not hungry and eating a reasonably balanced diet with sufficient calories then its up to you. I eat if im hungry and dont if im not.
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