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Need help understanding my net calories

marlenatm1
marlenatm1 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Can someone look at my diary and explain what the net calories are? I’m sorry I’m totally confused.

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  • jlval1989
    jlval1989 Posts: 89 Member
    No - your feed/diary looks to be private!

    At any rate, your Net Calories are the result of the total you've eaten, minus what MFP thinks you've burnt through excersise.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    In addition...

    Net calories, if you selected a weight loss amount weekly, includes a deficit to cause that weight loss - it is NOT maintenance level eating.

    It is the goal to try to hit - go over slightly is better than going under by a big amount on consistent basis.

    And that base NET goal is with NO exercise being expected or accounted for.

    So MFP is trying to teach a life lesson regarding weight control.
    You do more, you eat more.
    You do less, you eat less.

    In a diet, a tad less in either case.

    That's why you add workouts above whatever activity level you hopefully honestly selected. And truly being sedentary is rare if you have household responsibilities.
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