daily calorie deficit ?!

StephW1990

Just browsing through the MFP pages and looked at my goals .. just wondering what daily calorie deficit actually means as Im really unsure .. thanks ! :happy:

daves160

I think it is the difference between the calories you would normally use in a day minus the calories you can eat on your goal.
The calories you need but are not eating.

slicksps

Dave's spot on, just to add, 3500 calories is roughly 1lb of weight. If your deficit was 1000 calories like mine, you would theoretically lose 1lb of fat every 3.5 days.

StephW1990

ahh mine is 1000 too , i understand it now ! thanks