Net Calories

Fat_2_Fit_Mommy
Fat_2_Fit_Mommy Posts: 569 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
What exactly is Net calories for?? I know it maybe a dumb question to ask probably been asked alot. But I never could understand it.

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  • idwoof
    idwoof Posts: 76
    Calories you ate minus the calories you burned exercising.
  • sweebum
    sweebum Posts: 1,060 Member
    It's your intake for the day less the amount you burned through activity.

    Ex: 1300 calories eaten, 200 calories running would be 1300-200=1100 net calories :flowerforyou:
  • Jesse13
    Jesse13 Posts: 72
    I Am confused. I have not been losing weight for the last week or so. I am netting less than 1200 because I am burning 500-900 calories per day at times. Should I be consuming more? How can I know how many calories to eat in order for my stubborn metabolism to burn fat and lose weight?
    Please help?????
  • idwoof
    idwoof Posts: 76
    This website makes it simple. When you go to your homepage there are big blue numbers that say ***calories remaining. Eat until that is as close to zero as you can get it or until you're full.
  • Bankman1989
    Bankman1989 Posts: 1,116 Member
    Here's my problem. I've been burning 1800+ calories from mountain biking daily. Today I ate 1830 cal and burned 1796. I'm full but it says I have 1678 calories remaining.
  • PrfctGdess
    PrfctGdess Posts: 257
    This website makes it simple. When you go to your homepage there are big blue numbers that say ***calories remaining. Eat until that is as close to zero as you can get it or until you're full.

    Ditto.

    If you want a little more info on why, read my latest blog post:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/PrfctGdess
  • mjuraska
    mjuraska Posts: 1 Member
    I am having a problem with this net calorie thing. This week I fell off the wagon and had:

    -201
    -53
    -523
    +41
    +552
    -1367
    -665

    Oh, - is when I was over my 1200 and + is when I had not yet reached 1200.

    But my weekly chart on my I phone says that I am only 317 net calories over my weekly goal? Makes no sense if I'm on a 1200 calorie diet! I don't get it. Can someone explain if the app is not working right, maybe?
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