500 calories less?

its_whisper

I am curious about something..I have been staying at my weight by eating 1800-2000 calories a day ( mostly 1800) and 2 weeks ago I started my weight loss lifestyle and most days I find myself at 1350-1450 calories. I stepped on my scale yesterday morning and I lost 1 pound but according to so many apps I need to eat less than what I'm eating to lose weight

So it's possible to lose by eating 400 less versus 500 less?

Since I cleaned up my diet I am less bloated and I just tried on pants that aren't snug anymore (Woo!)

JaydedMiss

so...what your doing is working.....why are you questioning it???

its_whisper

I just want to know why you read you need to eat 500 less to lose 1 pound a week because I'm eating 400 less and losing it seems

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its_whisper

Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »

why wouldn't you lose eating 400 less? the body doesn't lose based on perfectly even increments of 250 calories, 500 calories, 750 calories and 1000 calories, the body loses if you eat less at any amount, the rate of loss will only vary

I just wasn't sure I'm new at this again. Thank you for the answer

kgirlhart

Basically you need a 500 calorie deficit to lose 1 pound per week and a 250 calorie to lose .5 pound per week. But weight loss isn't linear and you won't lose exactly 1 pound every week on a 500 calorie deficit. You can definitely lose weight on a 400 calorie deficit. You should expect to lose on average a little less than 1 pound a week that way. It sounds like what you are doing is working well.

atjays

That depends on what you need daily to maintain weight, which seems to be the calorie range you highlighted. Anything less than that will theoretically result in weight loss. It's also worth pointing out that two weeks is really not enough time to gauge weather a diet program is actually working. My weight can vary by 7-8 lbs from one day to the next, so I take it with a grain of salt if I see a 1 lb loss pop up. Stick with it for another month and note your weight. You'll be able to better tell if you're indeed losing weight quite a bit better. Also, the number on the scale is merely a number. It's not necessarily the end all when it comes to health and fitness. What the mirror says is far more important