Calorie counting

[EstherCalder]

This is a really stupid question but I'm trying a diet where I stay beneath 1400 calories a day and I've installed an app to help me count. What I'm unclear about is should I be trying to eat less than 1400 regardless of exercise or shout I be counting 'net' calories? I'm running a large deficit this week if its net calories

[Cuppa32]

Most people disregard calories gained by exercise, so aim for your 1400 per day, most days.

[teresina08]

Hiii, buy a scale and weight your food, then multiply food weght for the amount of calorie written on food labels.

On the Nhs website there's a section with calorie amount, for example it says raw chicken 100g = 100kcal, boiled chicken 100g = 120kcal, fried chicken 100g = 300kcal ecc ecc.

Then if you cook pasta, for example 100g pasta = 150kcal, chopped tomatoes 100 g = 40kcal, table spoon olive oil 120kcal, then you sum up and it gets 310kcal

hope it helped

[Foodie87]

I would say it very much depends on how much exercise you do.

My total calorie burn is around 2700 calories a day, 1300 of this is gained through moderate to vigerous activity.

As I'm in the later stages of my weight loss journey I have a good understanding of my metabolism and know how accurate or inaccurate my calorie counting is.

I try to create a 1000 calorie deficit every day, so for me that would mean eating around 1700 calories.

I weigh around 62kg and walk 12 miles on average plus spending 1-2 hours on a cross trainer daily.

Long story short - stick to your 1400 calories unless you actually are very active on a daily basis. 😊

[Zest Healthy BMI]

Hi EstherCalder,

Welcome to the Weight Loss NHS forum. If you put your query in the 'Search Weight Loss NHS' window (top right-hand side) then you will see there have been lots of previous threads about this very subject, so in addition to the very helpful replies you've already had, you can also research further answers there, if you need more help. It's a very commonly asked question. Understandably so!

People vary in terms of what they generally do.

Lowcal