Hi hoping someone can help...

On my Fitness pal I have between 1000 and 1500 cals a day, on the days I do 50 cardio what net cals should I be having??

Well, according to MFP your net calories should include the exercise calories you burn.

So if you are set for 1200 calories and you burn 500 in exercise you should eat 1700 calories.

Not saying I agree or disagree but that is the way MFP suggest.

I do not eat back all of my exercise calories.

I don't expect to use the extra calories either from exercise.

I always thought that 1200 was the minimum that you were supposed to eat but if that was your allocation and you wanted to lose weight then you needed to create a deficit by exercising. It does not make any sense to eat your exercise calories.

I dont use my exercise calories. I know one time I did, but everyday I do not.

I dont eat them back in totality but i do use exercise to create the deficit i want rather than just cutting back too far, if that makes sense

My exercise calories are my window to play with (keep in mind I'm attempting to maintain, not lose). I shoot for what MFP says is my daily goal then if I go over a little I'm covered by exercise. I do not intentional eat my exercise calories on a daily basis though....

Once I stopped eating back my exercise calories, I began to lose at a more steady pace.