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BMR is Basal Metabolic Rate, how many calories your body would burn a day if you did nothing at all. NEAT is calories burned from daily movements. (Walking around your house, going to work, etc.) TDEE is Total Daily Energy Expenditure, which is figured through a formula based on your BMR and typical activity level and…

TDEE is BMR+NEAT+Exercise frequency. I typically use the Harris-Benedict formula instead, but MFP's suggestion is usually pretty close and that's already taking exercise into account.

I hate the "net calories" feature. If you are setting calories based on your TDEE, you are already accounting for the exercise. I skip the "net" and just go off the calories in part. If you want to use the "net" feature, set your daily goal based off of BMR, not TDEE.

Tabata and a heavy bag. If you really enjoy running though, this:

Skinny? No Fit, stronger and healthier? Yes

This is poor advice and dangerous territory as most people: 1. Overestimate the calories burned in exercise and 2. Don't compensate for the calories later.

Different strokes for different folks. Some people can handle it better than others. I eat "clean" Monday - Saturday (and by clean I mean staying within a calorie goal and usually no junk foods), on Sundays I eat what I want, within reasonable standards though I have 3-5K calories. This works for me as it gives me a reward…

Don't focus on the pounds, focus on the bodyfat percentage. Lift weights to build LBM. To really shed the belly fat, skip the "belly buster" diets and fad stuff. Straight carb cycling is what you want.