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Justina

is it bad if I work off more calories than I eat?

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I was just curious, so I tracked my calories today. I noticed the calories I work off exercising are greater than the calories I consume. is that a bad thing ? it doesn't seem healthy.

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  Lurel W.

  YES. That's not a good thing. You want your net calories to be anywhere from 1200-1800 (ish) depending on how tall you are/what you weigh.
  So for example, I need to eat about 1500 cal/day. So if I run and burn 500 cal, I need to eat 2000cal that day.
  When you burn off everything, you're literally starving yourself and that leads to a whole host of problems.

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  Jan

  Yep, what Lurel said. Not what your body wants or needs!

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  Tory N.

  Lurel nailed it.

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