Calorie deficit confusion

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apittsle
apittsle Posts: 31 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone,

I am looking for some clarification on creating calorie deficits. My counter says I should be eating about 2,000 calories a day. On days that I do not exercise, should I be cutting 500 from that and then on the days I do exercise, I should only be cutting 250? I know I need to start consuming more calories too, right now I'm only eating about 1,000 to 1,100 a day. I just don't want to start gaining more weight by adding a lot more calories.

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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
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    You shouldn't be cutting anything, you should be eating to your calorie goal. Your calorie goal already includes your deficit.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
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    Eat 2000 per day.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
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    Set up your MFP profile with the correct activity level for your daily activity without exercise, pick a weight loss per week goal, then eat your MFP goal when you don't exercise and eat your MFP goal + some of your exercise burns when you do workout.

    MFP is already doing the math so that you will lose weight.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,150 Member
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    Your calorie deficit is built in already.

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