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MFP sets your daily caloric intake at a deficit designed for weightloss. So, 1455 is how many calories it takes for you to maintain...1230 is how many calories you should consume daily to lose weight.

You would burn 1455 living per day. Theoretically you would need to eat 1455 to sustain your weight .
by only eating 1230 you are burning off about 225 calories of fat from your body (stored energy)
But because you do more than rest 24 hours a day walking, standing, perhaps exercise ( 'X' more calories of stored energy will be consumed, eliminating fat cells or stored energy)

example: doing everything that you do daily beyond that of resting takes 275 more units of energy = 1730 calories. Therefore to sustain your weight you would need to consume 1730 calories of food

There is about 3500 calories in a pound
So most calorie reduction diets are about a 500 calorie daily deficit (1230 rather than 1730 calories in) so that it works out to be 500 x7 days = 3500 calories or about 1 pound per week.

it is important not to eat less than what is recomended as the body can go into (starvation mode, similar to hibernation where ones metabolism slows and calories burnt off per day are reduced to sustain life) in a sense your BMR would reduce further because it is trying to keep your body alive .


hope that helps

good, you can explain it to me edie, lol:) Nah, I pretty much get it and will keep your post Stuart, thank you much!!! denise in Sams Valley OR

Thank you stuartmuirhead that really did help I was so confused :0( Now it makes sense :happy: