What is your weekly deficit?

Janette3x4

After all is said and done, or I should say all is said and eaten:

Mine is 3586. As of this morning I lost 1\2 a pound for the week. Ya, I know. It doesn't add up, but I also suffer from hypothyroidism.

What is your weekly deficit?

Branstin

Anywhere from 0.5 to 1 lb. per week = 1750-3500

williams969

This week's deficit: 2639 calories (and the last 4 weeks have been about the same +/-100 calories)

That *should* translate into .75lbs/week loss. I've been seeing ~0.6lbs/week every week for June. Close enough for me. Whether it's a measure of error in weighing my foods or overestimating cardio burns is no matter to me. Number goes down. Period.

Just means we have to try harder not to stress over the "why" it's not exactly as the number say it should.

dancingfiend22

Maybe stupid question - where can you view your weekly deficit on the site? (The only way I knew how to do it before was setting my food goals to Maintenance)

DeguelloTex

Apparently, my net deficit is marginally over 14,000.

RHachicho

5292 On average according to IIFYM. But honestly I think mine is a bit bigger sometimes. I am very physically active and sometimes lose 3-4lb's in a week. Sometimes its Usually between 2/3 though. Sometimes less if I have a bad week. Yeah I know I'm really dropping weight but honestly I am eating 2200 calories a day. So it's not as if I'm restricting much or feeling bad hehe. I guess I burn a lot too.

Sobus76

i average around 6000 total a week. according to MFP,

chrissyrenee1029

This past week will come up to around 4,000.

logiatype

4627 according to IIFYM (I'm usually 4-600 under my MFP goal). I work out 3x a week, 2hrs each day.
Haven't really lost anything for the last 2-3 months and have actually gone up slightly (muscle mass increase?).

cece5300

Usually around 3500, sometimes more

RHachicho

It's very hard to improve muscle mass in a deficit. Though not impossible. My calves have expanded while in a deficit. But I had to walk 6 hours a week for that to happen.

logiatype

It's very hard to improve muscle mass in a deficit. Though not impossible. My calves have expanded while in a deficit. But I had to walk 6 hours a week for that to happen.

Since I generally eat out a lot, I tend to over value the contents of my diary. I highly doubt my deficit is actually >5K.

kcmcd

Usually 3500-4000, but this week it's around 2000. Will probably stay around 2000 for a while... I'm dropping some cardio to lift weights.

Janette3x4

Wow, Those are some hefty deficits!
I can access my weekly grid on the MFP app on my phone or tablet. It tells me how many days I went over if any. I know there's always room for error. I'm going to try harder this week!

RHachicho

It's very hard to improve muscle mass in a deficit. Though not impossible. My calves have expanded while in a deficit. But I had to walk 6 hours a week for that to happen.

Since I generally eat out a lot, I tend to over value the contents of my diary. I highly doubt my deficit is actually >5K.

Aye wasn't really questioning that. It's just not how bodies work though. We more or less have to be in a surplus to see appreciable muscle gains. At least in size. Strength can be improves even at a a deficit. But actual muscle size? Very very hard to accomplish in a deficit. You would basically have to go for an extreme hypertrophy regime where you lift light weights for like 100 reps a day min or something silly like that. Genetics do come into play though. Some people are blessed with the ability to see minimal gains in a deficit. But still it shouldn't really show up on the scale. I really can't speak for your body though.

logiatype

It's very hard to improve muscle mass in a deficit. Though not impossible. My calves have expanded while in a deficit. But I had to walk 6 hours a week for that to happen.

Since I generally eat out a lot, I tend to over value the contents of my diary. I highly doubt my deficit is actually >5K.

Aye wasn't really questioning that. It's just not how bodies work though. We more or less have to be in a surplus to see appreciable muscle gains. At least in size. Strength can be improves even at a a deficit. But actual muscle size? Very very hard to accomplish in a deficit. You would basically have to go for an extreme hypertrophy regime where you lift light weights for like 100 reps a day min or something silly like that. Genetics do come into play though. Some people are blessed with the ability to see minimal gains in a deficit. But still it shouldn't really show up on the scale. I really can't speak for your body though.

What you're saying definitely makes sense. I've been contemplating raising my food intake but the majority of my intake is from restaurants so...

fatbegone85

On average I'm at 4200 calorie deficit if just counting what I eat. My TDEE is calculated at around 2100. But I'm sure I'm active some days than others (excluding exercise) so I've average around 1-1.5 lbs a week.

malibu927

About 5500 after I get my snack for the evening. I think it's usually a bit higher, closer to 6000, but I went over a couple days

itistobeme

I like this topic. For the first time in a lifetime of maintaining within a 20lb range, I'm not counting to the actual minute (workout) and exact portion/calorie. This is an experiment for 8 weeks to see what happens when I track what I'm eating to the closest estimate (some measuring, but not getting crazy with exacts), and when I move my body every day, aiming for 10K steps on pedometer most days. The result is nearly 7 lbs lost in 5 weeks. Because of this experiment, I can't say exactly my weekly deficit (is there a MFP feature that shows that number plain?). I can say that I hover +/- my daily goal (without counting the calories from activity). Some days I go over by several hundred calories. I'm eating mostly simple, plain food, mostly plants. I'm willing to continue this way provided that weight continues to come off. I'm only 1/3 of the way to goal.