What are net calories?

Net calories should be your goal calories that MFP gives you to lose weight. they are Calories in minus exercise caloires. so if your goal is 1200 and you burn 600 from exercise you should eat 1800 to meet your net calorie goal of 1200 (1800-600)

Net calories should be your goal calories that MFP gives you to lose weight. they are Calories in minus exercise caloires. so if your goal is 1200 and you burn 600 from exercise you should eat 1800 to meet your net calorie goal of 1200 (1800-600)

Yeah. What he said.

"Same as it ever was...same as it ever was...same as it ever was"- David Byrne

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Eat up those exercise calories...they were earned, they should be spent. That is one of the big reasons I exercise is to have an extra something to munch...and still lose weight...WHAT A CONCEPT!

I am sorry but for me that does not make sense. my daily goal is 1460 and I burn 500+ in calories in a day and my 'Net' says (today for example) 1095. what does this mean?? based on what has been said, my net should say over 1900?? what am I doing wrong?

Your net calories is the MFP goal minus your exercise calories. So when you eat 1460, then exercise 500 (1460-500=960), you get to eat back the extra 500 from your exercise. So your "calories in" may be more than your goal of 1460, but subtracting the "calories out" will give you the net number.

Aim to NET your goal number, so definitely at least try to intake the calories burned during exercise.