calorie converter question..

mbuyak
mbuyak Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi there! I'm pretty new to this, and was wondering when you enter your food intake, it takes away from your daily calories conzuption..but when you add your exercise, it adds calories. Does this mean that I can eat more that the 1200 calories a day? I am trying to lose 20 lbs, and don't want to overeat, but I am just kinds confused by the calories converter. Thanks for any help!

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  • KettleBellHoe
    KettleBellHoe Posts: 161
    Larger the deficit - more burn of calories. Leading to faster weight loss. You can eat more then 1200 but you don't wanna eat all the calories you burnt off or the exercise would pretty well be meaningless.
  • Sherbog
    Sherbog Posts: 1,072 Member
    I have eaten 1200 calories per day plus the calories added by exercising. Works for me.
  • LovingLisa2012
    LovingLisa2012 Posts: 775 Member
    from the help section on this site

    We set your nutritional target in Net Calories which we define as:

    Calories Consumed (Food) - Calories Burned (Exercise) = Net Calories

    What that means is that if you exercise, you will be able to eat more for that day. For example, if your Net Calorie goal is 2000 calories, one way to meet that goal is to eat 2,500 calories of food, but then burn 500 calories through exercise.

    Think of your Net Calories like a daily budget of calories to spend. You spend them by eating, and you earn more calories to eat by exercising.
  • Rabid_Hamster
    Rabid_Hamster Posts: 338 Member
    In short, yes. You have a net calorie intake to achieve your goal. For every calorie you burn, that's more calories you should consume to still meet your goal. It's simple math really. Example: you have a net daily calorie intake of 1500. You exercise 300 calories. You should eat 300 more to maintain that amount..
    1500 (Net) - 300 (Exercise) = 1200 (+300 calories more you can eat)= 1500 net
  • mbuyak
    mbuyak Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks so much :) . Good to know I can eat more, I'm starving, lol

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