Active and Resting Burn to Calorie Diet Plan? HELP PLS

Hi I am new here..

I bought a jawbone calorie counter first edition and got myself stuck on how to start managing my total daily burnt calories. With this gadget I am able to calculate my resting and active burn which averages to 2500 plus calories. I am on a 1500 calorie diet plan.

It says on my counter that I have more resting burn than my active burn. Is that okay since I am getting the total of 2500calories? It also indicates the mins that I am active and maybe because my resting burn includes my sleeping in the night?

How should I weigh this? Help me anyone?

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DX2JX2

While the calorie burn estimates on most fitness trackers can be a little suspect, it's totally normal to have more resting burn than active burn. Most fitness trackers will classify something close to your BMR as resting and any other burn as active.

I generally burn about 2200 calories per day resting and another 500-1000 in active calories, depending on my steps and/or exercise time for any given day.

NorthCascades

You're an MFP user. You wouldn't be able to post here if you weren't.

When you signed up for MFP, it gave you a calorie goal. That's how much your supposed to eat, to lose weight at the pace you signed up for. Your goal does not include exercise. Plenty of people lose weight with no exercise.

If you exercise, eat the calories you think you actually burned. Keep in mind that it's hard to know exactly how many calories your burning through exercise, and many devices overestimate, often by a lot.

Hopefully that gives you a solid background on how everything works. With that said, the most common advice is to not exercise just for the sake of calories, to only do it got enjoyment or fitness or transportation or social reasons. You can exercise for calories too if you like, but you can lose weight without exercise.

sky_northern

Welcome!
What are your goals? to lose weight?
What is your height and current weight?

If you burn in total an average of 2500 (assuming the jawbone is correct) and you and average of 1500 calories (assuming you are logging them correctly), you are on track to average about 2lbs loss per week. Gauging if this is a realistic rate of weight lost is based on your current weight and goals, along with your ability to stick to the aggressive deficit.

You body burns energy doing things like keeping your heart beating all day and night, So it is expected that you are going to have a higher resting burn then your active burn.