Posts by jwam4552

well, I also am new but here is how my son explained it to me..When we signed up and put in information it gave us the top number in the burn meter. That is the number of calories we burn in a typical day with information we entered. Mine for example is 2100. The number on the bottom of the meter is the number of calories we have burned at the time of day on your meter. For example mine said I have burned 1046 by noon(which would make sense if I burn 2100 in a day). 

The target number in the top of your calories area is how many you can eat and lose weight at the rate you want to reach your goal. 

The way I understand it is, if you go to activities and put in something you do not typical to your day, for example shoveling snow, then the activity meter wil increase your calories burned (bottom number). And here is where I get confused, but I think that the idea is to burn more than the target number at the top of the calorie meter every day. less in, more out+success.

I am glad yo asked this question so I could take time and try to figure it out as well.

My son told me to use the activity meter as a game and  every time I did something go to the meter and add it so my numbers would change.  Well, I needed to understand the concept first...but I don't think I have made any big changes in my 3 days so far on the diet! I AM STILL NOT GOING TO SHOVEL SNOW!

Good luck, hope this helps and, if nothing more, maybe someone else will be inspired to write it out so we can all understand it