Net calories or gross calories?

sunshinerunner94
sunshinerunner94 Posts: 3
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
From my understanding, it seems to be a general rule of thumb to eat above your BMR. Should it be your net calories that are above BMR, or gross calories above BMR?

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  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    Net calories is what you want to focus on because that is the true amount of calories you're giving your body.
  • angraham2
    angraham2 Posts: 128
    what she said.
  • vabrewer33
    vabrewer33 Posts: 185
    So when people say I should eat at least 1200, I should be looking at my net intake?
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    i net my BMR (1845) and gross as high as 2500
  • SarahSwimmer
    SarahSwimmer Posts: 125 Member
    Net, that way you can see how exersize plays a role. Also, you will have to eat more when you exersize a lot more, and there's no need to freak out about it if you look at net. Just set your MFP tracker to what you want to lose and exercise will be accounted for.
  • sunshinerunner94
    sunshinerunner94 Posts: 3
    Ok thanks for your responses!
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    So when people say I should eat at least 1200, I should be looking at my net intake?

    Yes, because total calories are irrelevant really (if you're working out). You want to focus on the amount of calories you're giving your body to function. If you're total calories are 1200, you worked out and burned 400, you really only gave your body 800 calories to function on.
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