I started using Lose It two days ago and I do not understand what "net calories" means. I was using My Fitness Pal before, but I like the layout of Lose It better, so I decided to stick with this app. Because of that, I am confused on some of the extra things that this app has that the other one does not.
I read on the Lose It site that you should keep your calorie budget even with you net calories, but I have no idea what that actually means. For the last two days there is quite a difference between my budget and my net and I don’t know if these numbers are good or if there is something else that I should be doing.
Today Calorie Budget - 2,340 (higher than I will go) Food- 1,825 Exercise - 100 Net - 1,725 Under - 615
Yesterday Calorie Budget - 2,369 Food - 1,377 Exercise - 39 Net - 1,338 Under - 1,031
I should note that I did not “exercise” on these two days. I use Thursday and Friday as my “off days,” so my exercise number is not very high. I’m guessing if I exercised that my net number would be lower, but honestly I do not know because I’m not sure what it actually means.
I have read other posts and tried to figure it out, but I am at a loss. I know I am keeping my food below what my allotment is, but the net number sits there and I have no idea what it means.
If you don’t keep the numbers equal, is it better to have a positive or a negative number?
Last thing I will add is that yesterday my total burn was at 101% and today it’s at 98% currently. I don’t know if those numbers also factor in.
I’m hoping someone can read this and let know in a way that makes sense.
Thank you
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