daily caloric intake

yasdnyl

Hey all,

I am aware that excercising obviously aids majorly in weight-loss, but my question is: if I comsume my daily calorie allowance (without going over) and DO NOT excerise, will I still lose wieght? Or will that just maintain my weight....

Thanks!

BigT555

if your daily calorie allowance is less that your TDEE, then yes

mommy22alyns

Yes, you will lose. I have. Sorry, but I despise exercising!

shadow2soul

Hey all,

I am aware that excercising obviously aids majorly in weight-loss, but my question is: if I comsume my daily calorie allowance (without going over) and DO NOT excerise, will I still lose wieght? Or will that just maintain my weight....

Thanks!

If you set up MFP correctly than eating at the calorie goal will result in losing approximately however much weight per week (0.5-2lbs) that you told MFP you want to lose.

Exercise actually doesn't help all that much with weight loss. Sure you can eat a few hundred extra calories and still lose weight, but the majority of your calorie burn is going to come from what you do outside of exercise.

Exercise has major health benefits though. Resistance/Strength training can help reduce the loss of lean mass while losing weight. This generally results in losing more inches than weight on the scale (more inches lost = smaller clothes/smaller body). Cardio has all sorts of health benefits: improved cardiovascular health for example.

yasdnyl

Thanks everyone! I do exercise quite regularly, was just curious if I took a few days off and ate my calorie allowance, if that would still help me to lose weight or if it's just maintaining.

Thanks again!