1200 daily calorie goal and then burn 600

marialang1974 wrote: »

Sorry if this is in the wrong spot, I’ve been googling this and getting different answers I use my fitness pal to determine my daily calories, which is 1200, in my profile I was asked how active I was and I picked very active. I run every day 30 to 40 miles a week, so I was thinking my very active life style was considered - When setting up whether you are active or not in this site, you are not supposed to include exercise.


when my 1200 daily was given to me and it may have been less if I picked I wasn’t active, so my confusion is, if I burn 600 calories my fitness pal says my new goal is 1800 that seems like a lot would I really be cutting calories????? - It's not a lot, especially if you are running that much. You don't supply your height, weight or goal weight. Those stats are important to the answer of your question.

And if I stay around the 1200 after running 600 calories off would I be hurting my self so question is must I eat more or no?? Yes. That would be like only eating 600 calories per day. That's bad. Eat at least 50% of your exercise calories back.

What are your stats...I'm hard pressed to believe you selected active and are getting a 1200 calorie target. Did you double check that? Did you put active in your activity level or did you just input your exercise into the exercise goals...if the latter, that's just for you and has not bearing on your calorie targets. If you put active in your activity level you should be getting more calories than 1200.

By the by, MFP is designed for your activity level to be only your day to day hum drum and doesn't include exercise which is why you log it and get additional calories...it is to account for unaccounted activity. If you actually have your exercise rolled up into your activity level, you wouldn't want to log them because you'd be double dipping.

My guess is you goofed somewhere.

I too question someone who is that active getting a 1200 calorie goal. Are you trying to lose weight? Are you already pretty lean looking to lose a few vanity pounds? Did you select 2 lbs/week rate of loss?

For what it’s with I’m not nearly that active - I don’t run at all, walk and light circuit training, and I lost my weight eating between 1600-1900 cals/day. The fact that you run as much as you do and think 1800 calories sounds like a lot is concerning.

marialang1974 wrote: »

That answers my question thank you I’m known as what you call skinny fat you look at me and think I was skinny but I have a stomach and big legs and I’m trying to reach the 12% body fat so muscles start to show, I needed to know about the manual add exercise I needed to make sure I wasn’t eating to much

12% BF is extremely lean for a female and approaching essential fat. 12% BF is what many body building and physique competitors are at when they compete...they don't stay that way all of the time...they're also muscular. Your goal is not realistic in the least and trying to maintain that low of a BF% all of the time would be pretty dangerous.

https://www.builtlean.com/2012/09/24/body-fat-percentage-men-women/

Do some reading...

If you're "skinny fat" dieting is just about the last thing you should do...you should get your *kitten* into the weight room and start pumping some iron and eating at least maintenance calories.

If you're running 30-40 miles a week, eating 1200 calories a day, and are "skinny fat," being leaner isn't going to reveal hidden muscles.

If you want more visible muscularity, you need to develop your muscles (through lifting and eating).