Weight loss and eating exercise calories

ROGUE36BLACK
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So I'm new to counting calories. My wife and I have been doing T25 for a few months now. My fit bit tells me I burn 3500-4000 calories a day during work weeks, with workouts daily.
Today I ate 2300 calories and still had a deficit of 300 calories before going to bed.
Should I be eating all those back? Even the ones from just steps counted?
I have my goal set to weight loss, with a 1760 a day goal. Any help would be appreciated.
Today I ate 2300 calories and still had a deficit of 300 calories before going to bed.
Should I be eating all those back? Even the ones from just steps counted?
I have my goal set to weight loss, with a 1760 a day goal. Any help would be appreciated.
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If your fitbit gives you the figure of 3500 then that is your TDEE (how many calories you have burned in total that day). If you eat 2300 then you have a calorie deficit of 3500-2300 = 1200 calories. Which is enough to burn 2.4lbs of fat a week.
I would make 2 comments; fitbits normally overestimate your calories significantly and secondly, a deficit of that size is probably too large unless you are significantly overweight.1 -
I fail to see the point of using a fitbit to estimate your TDEE if you aren't going to be guided by it.
Give it a month's trial and then you will have an idea of how accurate it is.
But take a sensible deficit away from your estimated TDEE - fast weight loss is rarely optimal weight loss.1 -
I started using the MyFitnessPal app because I wanted more in depth nutritional information on what I putting in daily.
The MyFitnessPal is usually a couple hundred less on how many calories I have left for the day than the Fitbit. Is it a good guideline to have my net calories match my goal calories with the MyFitnessPal?
Thanks for the info. Like I said, I'm pretty new to nutrition and calorie counting.0 -
Also, I've lost 20 lbs in three months since starting T25. I'm now at 169 lbs. I think setting my goal to a pound a week sounds pretty reasonable at this point. Advice?1
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