How do Net Calories work?

Anony_V
Anony_V Posts: 2 Member
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Hii I'm new to the site and still getting a feel for how everything is calculated and set up, and though I've grasped the basics of the Net Calorie calculator, there's something I don't quite get.

For example, my net calorie goal is 1,200. If my calculator ends up looking something like this;
0 (food) - 50 (exercise) = -50
With 50 just being a placeholder of theoretical calories burned, is that negative number good or bad?

I don't usually eat much in a day so I'm wondering if a negative number is worse or better than a positive one.
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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,426 Member
    You want to eat to 0 Calories remaining...but not under, so that 50 calories under (theoretically, 50 calories is of course nothing to worry about) would be bad. Have a cookie :flowerforyou:
  • Anony_V
    Anony_V Posts: 2 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    You want to eat to 0 Calories remaining...but not under, so that 50 calories under (theoretically, 50 calories is of course nothing to worry about) would be bad. Have a cookie :flowerforyou:

    Noted, thank you so much ^^
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,855 Member
    edited June 22
    cmriverside wrote: »
    You want to eat to 0 Calories remaining...but not under, so that 50 calories under (theoretically, 50 calories is of course nothing to worry about) would be bad. Have a cookie :flowerforyou:

    Calories remaining should be (close to) zero:

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    But your net calories should equal your goal calories:

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    If your calorie goal is 1200 and you exercise for 50 calories, your food intake should be 1250 to arrive at 1200 net calories.
    Net calorie intake of 0 (for example eating 300 kcal and exercise for 300 calories) is basically the same as not exercising and not eating at all.

    (My screenshots are for the beginning of the day, so I have 1350 calories remaining at this moment, which will undoubtedly increase throughout the day because I plan to exercise/ be active)

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