I burned 899 calories today. It's 7pm and I'm in the negative. How is that even healthy? At what point are you exercising too much??

I'm a believer in eating the calories you burn while losing . That's usually impossible for weight loss patients in the first year or however long though. I dunno. I'm mostly wondering if you're in the negative, are you exercising too much?

I should probably ask a "professional"

I'm not an expert, but I THINK that when the number is negative that means you are actually burning calories, like if you eat 100 calories and then burn off 100 calories that just brings you back to zero i.e. no weight loss & you only burned off what you just ate. But negative means you burned off what you ate plus calories that you already had on your body...? Maybe? Not sure if that answered your question or helped, but I don't think negative is a bad thing IMHO

Being negative is not a bad thing. Being in the negative is a calorie deficit, and that's how you lose body fat. But keep in mind that you need to replenish your bodies nutrients, so while being "in the negative" isn't exactly bad, being too much in the negative implies that you're also not getting the nutrients your body needs

I would keep in mind that the calories you burn while exercising is not added to your daily calorie usage...if that makes sense. When a machine or app for example says you burned 500 calories an hour it includes your basic calories just to stay alive also. For example a basic metabolic rate calculator gives me approximately 1858 calories a day I need just to maintain my weight. Now if I exercised for 60 minutes and supposedely burned 500 calories during that hour I did not burn 1858+500 calories for the whole day because the hour I was exercising included my bmr during that hour also.

But back to your question,

I think as long as you continue to lose weight it is not a huge concern.

I hit many stalls mainly because I wasn't getting enough calories in when I started exercising. Also I almost fainted a few times while working out which is not good. I do think there is a point when exercising is too much, but I think your body will tell you when that time is. If you feel fine, strong, and you are consistently losing weight, then looks good to me.

I usually don't get hungry the day I exercise a lot, but the day after man my calories almost double and I FEEL hungry.

Everyone has a different tolerance level, but I think you are doing extremely well (I know because you are my friend on myfitness pal ) keep it up.

I know I can get obsessive about the gym because I like that feeling.

I have sincerely tried to up my calories to about 1200 because my body was giving me signals that it couldn't handle the intense training I was doing. I guess just feel your body out. Your body will tell you if you aren't getting adequate nutrition for your level of activity. mine did!

I have an a appointment with the nutritionist next week. I shall be asking about this! Lol

The whole "net" thing on MFP depends on what you set your activity level and weight loss goals at. It gives you a budget based on the information you enter. If you really want to get down to the nitty gritty, you should use an activity tracker- fitbit of bodymedia fit to get a better idea of your real daily calorie burn. The other option is to use the online calculators for RMR & TDEE (which includes exercise, so you wouldn't add it back in). Once you have an idea of what you are burning, then you would subtract your intake, and that's you're deficit. Your deficit is the number that should correlate to your losses. Basically, it's hard to answer the whole "net calories" question regarding MFP, because it's all based on whether your inputs are accurate or not. One thing- eating at drastic deficits for so long will tank our metabolisms, making the calculators/trackers less accurate. Anyway, I could send you days worth of literature on this, if you're interested (google TDEE). Good luck!!!

The whole "net" thing on MFP depends on what you set your activity level and weight loss goals at. It gives you a budget based on the information you enter. If you really want to get down to the nitty gritty' date=' you should use an activity tracker- fitbit of bodymedia fit to get a better idea of your real daily calorie burn. The other option is to use the online calculators for RMR & TDEE (which includes exercise, so you wouldn't add it back in). Once you have an idea of what you are burning, then you would subtract your intake, and that's you're deficit. Your deficit is the number that should correlate to your losses. Basically, it's hard to answer the whole "net calories" question regarding MFP, because it's all based on whether your inputs are accurate or not. One thing- eating at drastic deficits for so long will tank our metabolisms, making the calculators/trackers less accurate. Anyway, I could send you days worth of literature on this, if you're interested (google TDEE). Good luck!!![/quote']

I use my polar hr monitor when I exercise. Is that what you mean, or do you mean to keep it on all day to get my actual all day long burn? I'm not at all interested in all that. Lol

I wear my bodymedia fit link all day and during my workout. Plus you can link it to other sites like walgreens to earn points in their rewards program. Im almost at 8k points just for work and working out - all bc i wear my monitor

My NUT told me to stop counting calories, so I did lol. I also don't keep track of the calories burned while exercising. I mostly just listen to my hunger signals and go from there. Exercise suppresses my appetite and I am less hungry on days when I work out. I run every single day and this keeps me from having overwhelming cravings. On days when I don't work out, I feel so hungry. My advice is to just listen to your body. If you feel hungry then eat a little more.