Is my calorie defecit harming my training?

dancefit2015

My stats:
Female
6ft
191 lbs
24% body fat
~ 147 lbs lean body mass.

I am hoping to get down to 175 for starters but I am currently trying to get in shape to be a wildland firefighter next summer. I need to be in good overall shape, I am running, weight training, doing yoga, and hiking/other cardio workouts. Currently set at lose 1lb/week. I tried to google this but couldn't find much info. My question is, will my calorie deficit make it difficult for me to get in great shape? Including building my strength back up.

NorthCascades

Your calorie deficit will make it difficult to build large amounts of muscle, but it won't prevent you from improving your fitness especially on the cardio front.

dancefit2015

Thank you @NorthCascades again for the advice

spiriteagle99

Make sure you eat at least some of your exercise calories back so you have fuel for your workouts. Since you don't have a lot to lose, you might cut your rate of loss to .5/week if you don't feel like you have enough energy to train well.

dancefit2015

spiriteagle99 wrote: »

Make sure you eat at least some of your exercise calories back so you have fuel for your workouts. Since you don't have a lot to lose, you might cut your rate of loss to .5/week if you don't feel like you have enough energy to train well.

Okay thank you for the advice! I might do that soon.

TavistockToad

dancefit2015 wrote: »

spiriteagle99 wrote: »

Make sure you eat at least some of your exercise calories back so you have fuel for your workouts. Since you don't have a lot to lose, you might cut your rate of loss to .5/week if you don't feel like you have enough energy to train well.

Okay thank you for the advice! I might do that soon.

if you are using MFP numbers but not eating back exercise cals then you are potentially under eating which will harm your ability to train.

use MFP as it was designed, or use a TDEE calculation.

dancefit2015

TavistockToad wrote: »

dancefit2015 wrote: »

spiriteagle99 wrote: »

Make sure you eat at least some of your exercise calories back so you have fuel for your workouts. Since you don't have a lot to lose, you might cut your rate of loss to .5/week if you don't feel like you have enough energy to train well.

Okay thank you for the advice! I might do that soon.

if you are using MFP numbers but not eating back exercise cals then you are potentially under eating which will harm your ability to train.

use MFP as it was designed, or use a TDEE calculation.

I have been eating back exercise cals, I meant I might lower my goal soon