Eating Right Calories

gemzgarcia90
gemzgarcia90 Posts: 17 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
Why do I add weight when I am eating the right calories with a deficit?

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  • gemzgarcia90
    gemzgarcia90 Posts: 17 Member
    How small can my calorie deficit be
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited March 2017
    gemzgarcia90 wrote: »
    How small can my calorie deficit be

    3,500 = 1 pound.

    Your daily deficit goal is up to you, but close to goal weight many people choose 250 calories. That means they lose 1/2 pound a week. A 500 calorie deficit would be 1 pound, and for those who are fairly overweight a 1000 calorie deficit is 2 pounds a week.
  • gemzgarcia90
    gemzgarcia90 Posts: 17 Member
    I am not looking for a quick fix,250 calorie deficit is reasonable
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    TeaBea wrote: »
    gemzgarcia90 wrote: »
    How small can my calorie deficit be

    3,500 = 1 pound.

    Your daily deficit goal is up to you, but close to goal weight many people choose 250 calories. That means they lose 1/2 pound a week. A 500 calorie deficit would be 1 pound, and for those who are fairly overweight a 1000 calorie deficit is 2 pounds a week.

    Yep, pretty much this. Small deficits can be tricky to keep consistent and make it harder to see the progress on the scale, but if you don't have much to lose you just need to stick with it.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    With scrupulously accurate logging of food and exercise, a daily calorie deficit of 250 should show a loss of 1 lb in 2 weeks. Should. Be patient. Be scrupulously accurate. Eventually, it will.
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