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Is my math correct or am I just crazy?

Okay according to my fitness app I ate roughly 1,560 calories today. My lunch was 380 calories but I went to the gym after and burned about 756 calories on cardio alone and I have no idea what I burned on the weight machines. So if what I did at the gym erased my lunch and then some then I had under 900 calories today total to eat.

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raysam363 · 31-35, F

Calorie counting is nice, but understand that your body doesn't take a total in and out. Calories are in when they go in, so even with exercise you may only burn a little of what you ate and what you're eating now. In some cases, this means that you burn the the little you ate and a little fat, but pile on more later.

That being said, WHAT you eat is more important than calories.

Eidolon · M

I feel that how many calories you consume is not as important as the nutritional density that is consumed. That said, when it comes to calorie counting, you need to use your RMR as the guideline. Calories burned on Cardio machines (like treadmills etc) can be misleading as it also largely depends on the pace and heart-rate during the activity, as well as the duration.
Please do not hesitate to shout out (PM), I will gladly look through your numbers, do the math and provide you with feedback.

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MizzBella · 31-35, T

@Eidolon I assumed that no matter what I do I'm always going to have male genetics as that's how I was born. I thought my resting rate would be Male as opposed to female for that reason which is why I had set it that way.

Eidolon · M

@MizzBella seldom that we (wellness coaches) assist transgender folk. This would be a first for me, hence found it interesting that even with modern science, there is not much that can be done besides submission to the way things just are.

MizzBella · 31-35, T

@Eidolon it sucks but that's how it is. My body regardless of how I feel is going to always think I'm a man which is unfortunate

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