Net Calories Question

Beehiveof8
Beehiveof8 Posts: 85 Member
edited October 4 in Food and Nutrition
I know this has been asked and answered so many times and I just spent some time pouring over the FAQ section and I still don't understand the net calorie figure.

Could someone please explain to me, slowly, with small words , what they are and why it is important to eat a certain amount (1200 being the number I've been told)? Thanks so much. I feel like it is a secret everyone but me knows. LOL

~Lisa

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  • KyleJCooper
    KyleJCooper Posts: 44 Member
    I will attempt to answer this later when I'm not in lecture, but several people have given decent explanations below me already.
  • thurberj
    thurberj Posts: 528 Member
    1200 calories is generally the minimum amount that your body needs to exist. Your BMR....Basal Metabolic Rate is generally about 400-600 more than that 1200. Basically, your BMR is what your body would burn to breath and for your heart to beat and for the blood to move and for you to digest....for anything that you would burn even if you were laying on the bed for 24 hours sleeping. So even at a net of 1200 calories there is a built in excess that you are burning and not eating,


    If you did nothing and ate 1200 calories with the excess from the BMR....you would lose close to a pound a week, technically. Salt intake, water consumption etc. can also affect weight. Hope that helps!! Good luck....If you need a friend feel free to add me :smile:
  • MikeWilks52
    MikeWilks52 Posts: 2
    The “net” is the amount that remains after deductions. Calorie Count uses “net calories” to show the difference between the calories you eat and the calories you burn. For instance, if your daily calorie intake is 1500 calories and your daily calorie output (via metabolism and activity) is 2500 calories, then your net calories are negative 1000 for the day. To lose weight, your average new calories must be a negative number. In theory, you need to eat 3500 calories fewer than you burn in order to lose one pound.
  • MikeWilks52
    MikeWilks52 Posts: 2
    :happy: The “net” is the amount that remains after deductions. Calorie Count uses “net calories” to show the difference between the calories you eat and the calories you burn. For instance, if your daily calorie intake is 1500 calories and your daily calorie output (via metabolism and activity) is 2500 calories, then your net calories are negative 1000 for the day. To lose weight, your average new calories must be a negative number. In theory, you need to eat 3500 calories fewer than you burn in order to lose one pound.
  • KyleJCooper
    KyleJCooper Posts: 44 Member
    1200 calories is generally the minimum amount that your body needs to exist. Your BMR....Basal Metabolic Rate is generally about 400-600 more than that 1200. Basically, your BMR is what your body would burn to breath and for your heart to beat and for the blood to move and for you to digest....for anything that you would burn even if you were laying on the bed for 24 hours sleeping. So even at a net of 1200 calories there is a built in excess that you are burning and not eating,


    If you did nothing and ate 1200 calories with the excess from the BMR....you would lose close to a pound a week, technically. Salt intake, water consumption etc. can also affect weight. Hope that helps!! Good luck....If you need a friend feel free to add me :smile:

    Agree with this as well.
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