daily calorie deficit ?!

StephW1990
StephW1990 Posts: 72
in Health and Weight Loss
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:

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  • daves160
    daves160 Posts: 600
    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
    slicksps Posts: 33
    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
    StephW1990 Posts: 72
    ahh mine is 1000 too , i understand it now ! thanks :)

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