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Lyndo
Lyndo Posts: 95
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If I ate all my calories today, but I did exersice & lost 300 calories,
I have to eat those calories? Wouldnt that me back to square 1??
Shouldn't you eat healthy exersice, drink water, & lose weight??
Not do exersice & eat all tose extra calories?
I don't understand anything about this.... I am so confused,:mad:
I just want to eat healthy & lose weight.

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  • Lyndo
    Lyndo Posts: 95
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    If I ate all my calories today, but I did exersice & lost 300 calories,
    I have to eat those calories? Wouldnt that me back to square 1??
    Shouldn't you eat healthy exersice, drink water, & lose weight??
    Not do exersice & eat all tose extra calories?
    I don't understand anything about this.... I am so confused,:mad:
    I just want to eat healthy & lose weight.
  • 3babybeans
    3babybeans Posts: 8,268 Member
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    The website figures in a deficit for your calories so that if you just did you daily acitivities & nothing else, you would lose x amt. of pounds per week. If you exercise, you create a BIGGER deficit & you need to eat them to keep your body running properly. So you should be eating 1500 cals/day if you burn 300 (1200 + 300 = 1500). Make sense now?
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
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    see this post: it says it all in very understandable language:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

    there are lots of other links available here:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10665-newbies-please-read-me-2nd-edition

    banks is a genius at explaining the system, and as you can see from my ticker and lots of others'
    IT WORKS!!!

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