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Burning Too Much Calories

AndrelleJohnson
AndrelleJohnson Posts: 47 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Is it okay for you to burn half or more of the calories you've eaten?

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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    The answer is: it's probably not good but it depends. How many calories are you eating? How many calories are you burning through exercise? How did you setup your goals? Do you know your TDEE? There are a lot of factors that could help us give you a more informed answer.
  • AndrelleJohnson
    AndrelleJohnson Posts: 47 Member
    My calorie deflict is 1680 and is set to losing 1pound week. I try to burn at anywhere at 400-700 calories a day if I'm not too lazy.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    How are you figuring out your calories burns?
  • Neanbean13
    Neanbean13 Posts: 211 Member
    Depends what your goals are. Weight loss? Lean bulk? Strength? Muscld gtowth?What your intake is V what you are burning.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    How are you figuring out your calories burns?

    ^^^This.
  • AndrelleJohnson
    AndrelleJohnson Posts: 47 Member
    My exercise machine
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I can eat 2000 calories and burn 1000, but i usually eat half of those exercise calories back. I get my burns from my fitbit.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    edited May 2016
    AndrelleJohnson wrote: »
    My exercise machine

    Exercise machines are known to be way off.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    how much are you actually losing a week? Because if you have a deficit set to lose 1lb then that is 500 a day, plus burning 400-700, if it is accurate you should be losing 2lb.

    Are you ok with losing 2lb a week? do you consider that healthy?
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    edited May 2016
    AndrelleJohnson wrote: »
    My exercise machine

    Yeah, no. I'd be cutting the calories your exercise machine is giving you in half. If i went by the calories burned my dreadmill gave me, I'd be putting ON weight!

    ETA: If i were to eat those exercise calories back.
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