new and need advice on food and calories intake???

jebert11
jebert11 Posts: 5
edited September 27 in Introduce Yourself
so im starting to figure all of this out but yesterday i burned more calories than i took in... my girlfriend said that im staving myself by doing that so i need to know which is better eating the allowed amount of calories and burning them all off or eating less than the goal and still burning off more than what i took in??? PLEASE HELP wanna lose this weight the right and easiest way possible:smile:

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  • spaztastic13
    spaztastic13 Posts: 229
    Hey jenny u should just make sure you at least a minimum of 1200 cals a day and then say if u burn half of that then atleast try to to eat half of ur cals burned back cuz u dont want to starve urself...
  • jebert11
    jebert11 Posts: 5
    so if i have 1210 calories in the morning before i eat.... i eat 200 calories then burn off 350 do i have to make up for the 150 by eating more??? so im allowed to eat 1210 calories total??? or after working out?? so confused...
  • kriots
    kriots Posts: 375 Member
    so if i have 1210 calories in the morning before i eat.... i eat 200 calories then burn off 350 do i have to make up for the 150 by eating more??? so im allowed to eat 1210 calories total??? or after working out?? so confused...
    i just posted the same thing..i kind of have a clue. So we are allowed 1200 calories, you burn lets say 300 calories, you get that number back. Look at your NET on your food diary. That is what someone told me. im still kind of confused, but i hope i helped a little
  • tabi26
    tabi26 Posts: 535 Member
    When you click on 'my home' look at the top and see where it says 'goal' food' 'exercise' 'net'........you want the NET to say 1210 at the end of the day :)
  • AngKehl
    AngKehl Posts: 2
    So are you saying every time you eat you are working out right after and burning all the calories plus some so it ends up a negitive number? Then yes this is not healthy.
  • kriots
    kriots Posts: 375 Member
    When you click on 'my home' look at the top and see where it says 'goal' food' 'exercise' 'net'........you want the NET to say 1210 at the end of the day :)

    OK, YAY, thank you. now I get to eat more, haha my net is 554! eek
  • Hollycat
    Hollycat Posts: 372
    Example:
    Your net caloric intake goal is1400
    [You don't want your net calories to go below 1200, which is counterproductive]
    You exercise and burn off 300 calories that day
    This brings your net calories to 1100 [you've eaten 1400 so far, but burned 300 of those calories]
    You need to eat another 100 calories to bring up your net calories to 1200
    Eat another 200 calories and your net calories are at 1400
    Your total intake is 1700 calories, but you burned 300, so your net is 1400
    subtract 1400 from your BMR and your have your calorie deficit for that day

    Personal Example:
    I alternate between a 1200 net calorie and 1700 net calorie day [2-day cycle]
    I exercise 3 or 4 days a week and burn 300 calories each time
    I try to keep my NET calories around 1400 for a net deficit of 700/day
    On days I plan to eat 1200 and exercise -300, I eat another 300 calories that day for a total of 1500 calories eaten, minus 300 calories burned, which leaves me at a net caloric intake of 1200. That way, I never actually only eat 1200 calories.
    I average a net caloric intake of 1400-1500/day
    My BMR is 2100-2200/day
    My net deficit is about 700 calories/day [2200-1500=700]
    700 calorie deficit times 5 days = 3500 calorie deficit, or 1 pound every 5 days

    hungrygirl.com

    Hollycat
    :flowerforyou:
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