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Calorie Deficit Question

louiseshaw88
louiseshaw88 Posts: 132 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
My new garmin works out both my resting calories and my active calories.

So today for example I've ate 1900 calories and overall calories burned are 2901. That gives a calorie Deficit of roughly 1000 calories? And is the same as me working out my BMR & TDEE ect?

I know that these watches aren't 100% accurate!

Thanks in advance!

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  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    The total calorie burn would be your TDEE. BMR is just a part of TDEE, not important on its own.
  • louiseshaw88
    louiseshaw88 Posts: 132 Member
    Yeah I get what they are ect I just wondered if what the watch was doing was the same as me working those out and using them to calculate my deficit x
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    louiseshaw88 wrote: »
    Yeah I get what they are ect I just wondered if what the watch was doing was the same as me working those out and using them to calculate my deficit x

    Yes it is. It will use your weight to estimate your BMR then add exercise and movement in to estimate your TDEE.

    Be aware that fitness trackers can over estimate your calorie burns but you can easily assess this by comparing estimated weight loss against real loss.
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