Is it okay of you are under your calorie deficit every day?

rikkejanell2014

I work out alot so Im always under my 1240 goal. However i always seem to miss 1 of my nutrition goals. Why do you have to eat your calories you burn. Aren't you supposed to burn more than you eat to lose weight?

Alatariel75

When people say you need to burn more than you eat, they include the calories you burn just by being alive, not just the calories you burn exercising. You burn calories constantly. Even when you're sleeping.

AnnPT77

If you put your weight, activity level, etc., into MFP and it told you to eat 1240 to achieve your weight loss goal, then that's what you should eat (especially when you have an aggressive goal - which you do, based on current weight, etc., that you've posted in other threads).

If you exercise, then you would eat back the exercise calories, because your weight loss is already built into the 1240 goal. Eating back the exercise just keeps you at the same weight loss rate. If you worry that the exercise might be overestimated, then you only eat back part (say, half) at first, and see how your weight loss goes. If you lose faster than you should, you eat back more of your exercise calories after you realize that.

It would be a good idea to get at least as much protein and fat as your MFP goal (a little more is OK). If you're somewhat under on carbs, that's not a problem. If you have calories left, you should start out eating nearly all of them, and you should try to hit at least the protein and fat minimums.

You are supposed to burn more than you eat, but that is already built into your MFP goal. If your MFP goal is 1 pound per week loss, MFP has given you a calorie goal 500 calories below what it would take for your weight to stay steady, so if you hit the MFP goal, you are burning more than you eat.

You want to stay healthy, strong & energetic while you lose weight, so it's good not to lose too fast. If you eat lots less than your goal, you are taking risks on that front.

rikkejanell2014

AnnPT77 wrote: »

If you put your weight, activity level, etc., into MFP and it told you to eat 1240 to achieve your weight loss goal, then that's what you should eat (especially when you have an aggressive goal - which you do, based on current weight, etc., that you've posted in other threads).

If you exercise, then you would eat back the exercise calories, because your weight loss is already built into the 1240 goal. Eating back the exercise just keeps you at the same weight loss rate. If you worry that the exercise might be overestimated, then you only eat back part (say, half) at first, and see how your weight loss goes. If you lose faster than you should, you eat back more of your exercise calories after you realize that.

It would be a good idea to get at least as much protein and fat as your MFP goal (a little more is OK). If you're somewhat under on carbs, that's not a problem. If you have calories left, you should start out eating nearly all of them, and you should try to hit at least the protein and fat minimums.

You are supposed to burn more than you eat, but that is already built into your MFP goal. If your MFP goal is 1 pound per week loss, MFP has given you a calorie goal 500 calories below what it would take for your weight to stay steady, so if you hit the MFP goal, you are burning more than you eat.

You want to stay healthy, strong & energetic while you lose weight, so it's good not to lose too fast. If you eat lots less than your goal, you are taking risks on that front.

Wow thank you