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    is 0 net calories the goal?

    Posts: 87 Member
    edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    Should I be working to get my net calorie amount to 0?????

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    • Posts: 8,897 Member
      no, your net calories should be equal to whatever your calorie goal is before exercise.

      if your goal is 1500 and you burn 300, you should eat 1800 which would leave you with a Net of 1500.
    • Posts: 8,980 Member
      it should be "0 remaining"
    • Posts: 10,477 Member
      No. No it isn't. Food is good, not evil.
    • Posts: 87 Member
      ok so if my calorie goal is 1200, and now it's at -700, I need to get it back up to 1200???
    • Posts: 8,138 Member
      ok so if my calorie goal is 1200, and now it's at -700, I need to get it back up to 1200???

      Yes please.
    • Posts: 983 Member
      You have won the MFP sweepstakes! This is the secret that everybody will try to tell you is wrong. They will tell you to eat your calories back, but don't listen to them. They don't know what they're talking about.
    • Posts: 4,519 Member
      I fill my diary with negative calories.
    • Posts: 482 Member
      ok so if my calorie goal is 1200, and now it's at -700, I need to get it back up to 1200???

      Are you looking on your Food Diary page or your "My Home" page at the top? The "net" on the my home page is just how many calories you've consumed (post exercise deduction). If you are looking at the bottom of your Food Diary page and you see a red number at the bottom that says 700 then you have gone over your calorie goal (as in you've eaten 1900 calories).
    • Posts: 87 Member
      Thanks!
    • Posts: 3,338 Member
      The thing about goals is that you're supposed to reach them. At the bottom of your diary is says "Your Daily Goal" and next to that number is 1200 or whatever above that if you've exercised. Match that number.
    • Posts: 4,564 Member
      I do not know depend on your goal

      If you want to damage your body and health, lose your hairs or impair your brain function then yes 0 is the goal.
    • Posts: 87 Member
      Thanks!


      Change that---Thanks to those of you that were helpful! I posted this as a legitimate question because I am trying to get healthier and lose weight, and wanted to make sure I completely understood how the goals, net calories, etc work.
    • Posts: 616 Member
      asshats...did anyone see that she was semi new and had a legitimate question...not everyone needs to have their faces slapped you know. *eyeroll*
    • Posts: 3,338 Member
      asshats...did anyone see that she was semi new and had a legitimate question...not everyone needs to have their faces slapped you know. *eyeroll*

      Calling them asshats of course being the appropriate response.
    • Posts: 1,077 Member
      show previous quotes

      Calling them asshats of course being the appropriate response.

      I saw nothing wrong with the response. :laugh:
    • Posts: 557 Member
      your total calories=daily goal which will make your calories remaining 0....which I think is what you were trying to say :smile:
      and your totally right!
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