Net Calorie Question

LizzyK1983
LizzyK1983 Posts: 44 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Is it bad to only net 1066 calories after food and exercise at the end of the day? Calories are set to 1200 but I ate 1453 and exercised 387 calories. My BMR is 1240. (sorry if this is a dumb question but I am new to this).

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    edited March 2017
    Two issues. 1) you should net at least 1200. 2) you goal shouldn't be to eat under your BMR

    As for today you're fine - but I wouldn't make an everyday thing of it. It is hard to get adequate nutrition when you eat below 1200.

  • LizzyK1983
    LizzyK1983 Posts: 44 Member
    Its so hard to get my head around because technically I have eaten 1453 calories which is over my BMR and therefore adequate nutrition wise? If my body is burning anything how do I know it's from today's nutrients and not body fat that is already there ready to be burned?
  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    LizzyK1983 wrote: »
    Its so hard to get my head around because technically I have eaten 1453 calories which is over my BMR and therefore adequate nutrition wise? If my body is burning anything how do I know it's from today's nutrients and not body fat that is already there ready to be burned?

    It will burn both - it has to. The point is that if you eat too little, it is burning a higher proportion of body fat and a lower proportion of today's food. If you keep that up, you will likely suffer from hunger/cravings and over time from nutritional deficiencies (as the higher activity will mean you need more of certain nutrients, especially protein).
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    How are you measuring the exercise burn?

    Just quite often they are over inflated so working on that you have probably netted the 1200.

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