Don't understand the Deficit....Help

ShanR77

I keep seeing ppl talk about Deficit. Can someone explain it to me in Lay-men(spelling) terms? :huh:

2April

Deficit means eating less than what you need to maintain your current weight. For example, if you need 2000 calories to maintain your current weight you can eat 1500 a day and lose 1 lb a week or eat 2000 a day and burn an extra 500 calories per day or some combination of the two.

ShanR77

Deficit means eating less than what you need to maintain your current weight. For example, if you need 2000 calories to maintain your current weight you can eat 1500 a day and lose 1 lb a week or eat 2000 a day and burn an extra 500 calories per day or some combination of the two.

Then what about the eating your exercise calories back? I'm probably making this more difficult than it really is :embarassed:

2April

The deficit is created by eating less or exercising more or a combo. So if you can eat 1500 calories on a lazy day and lose 1 lb a week, you can eat 2000 calories a day (if you burn 500 a day) and lose the same amount of weight. Some people eat more on the days they exercise but create the same daily deficit.