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Too Many Calories

geminigemz90
geminigemz90 Posts: 305 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Is there such a thing as eating too many calories & being in a deficit.

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  • Old_Cat_Lady
    Old_Cat_Lady Posts: 1,193 Member
    Example? You might be eating 5,000 calories a day, but you are at a deficit?
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,246 Member
    "too" many with respect to what?
  • DamieBird
    DamieBird Posts: 651 Member
    No. The definition of calorie deficit is that you are taking in less than you are using. However many calories that is, as long as you burn more than you eat, that is a deficit. For practical purposes. it will be more difficult to maintain a deficit the more calories you consume after a certain point (based on your individual capability and stats). You can only move so much/burn so many calories in a day, but that's kind of an extreme example.

    Sure, some people can physically burn many thousands of calories a day, and if they eat even slightly fewer, then they are at a deficit. You could have a deficit of less than 100kcal, but it won't get you very close to losing fat.
  • princeofmind
    princeofmind Posts: 95 Member
    If you mean what I think you mean then only if you have a goal to lose a certain amount in a certain amount of time.
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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    geminigemz90 wrote: »
    Is 2500 lots of calories to eat.

    It depends on how many calories you're using each day. For some people, that would be too many. For others, it would be just right. For some, it might not be enough.
  • princeofmind
    princeofmind Posts: 95 Member
    geminigemz90 wrote: »
    Why am I gaining even though I am eating in a deficit,I am also calculating my food.

    If its been more than a few weeks and you are consistently gaining then you are not in deficit. You are in fact going over what you need to maintain. How long has this been going on for and how much have you gone up by?
  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    geminigemz90 wrote: »
    Is 2500 lots of calories to eat.

    that depends on the context.

    to find out whether 2500 is too much for you, first plug your stats into a calculator if you don't like mfp's you can use this one: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

    that will allow you to also customize your goals and add in your expected activity levels. once you've completed that it will give you a set number of calories to aim for.

    follow that for a few weeks and see if it's accurate for you. are you losing at about the rate predicted? great! faster, you can eat some more calories, add 100 calories and and see how it goes for a few weeks and reassess. not losing as fast as expected? adjust. make sure you're logging accurately, measuring food and choosing the correct entries in the database. if you're sure your logging is spot on, reduce your calories by about 100 for a few weeks and see how that goes.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    Your deficit should be based on your own TDEE - total daily energy expenditure. The amount of calories your body burns by existing AND by the daily activity level you maintain.

    You can calculate yours here: http://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/

    If you eat the same amount of calories as your TDEE, you will maintain the same weight. If you eat fewer calories than your TDEE, you will lose weight. To lose about a pound a week, you'll want a daily deficit of 500 calories. So if your TDEE is 2500, you will want to consume 2000 calories a day.
  • Chadxx
    Chadxx Posts: 1,199 Member
    geminigemz90 wrote: »
    Is 2500 lots of calories to eat.

    It depends. It can be a good amount of food if you choose wisely. As far as creating a deficit, it just depends on your stats and how active you are.
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  • princeofmind
    princeofmind Posts: 95 Member
    geminigemz90 wrote: »
    Been starting for 2 weeks only.

    Whats your weight and height so we can see how many calories you need a day? :smile:
    Also how much have you gone up by since starting?
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  • princeofmind
    princeofmind Posts: 95 Member
    Okay so it looks like that if you have a sedentary lifestyle 2500 would be around the point that you would maintain at. I would drop my calorie intake to 2000 a day to lose 1 lb a week.
    Would you say you have an active lifestyle?
    Also is 2500 the number MFP gave you?
  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    princeofmind wrote: »
    Okay so it looks like that if you have a sedentary lifestyle 2500 would be around the point that you would maintain at. I would drop my calorie intake to 2000 a day to lose 1 lb a week.
    Would you say you have an active lifestyle?
    Also is 2500 the number MFP gave you?

    scooby calculator is giving me 2500 to lose with those stats (assuming the 90 in the user name refers to the year born).

    it may be that you're not tracking your calories accurately OP, underestimating food in and overestimating exercise calories out. how have you been logging?
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  • jessiferrrb
    jessiferrrb Posts: 1,758 Member
    geminigemz90 wrote: »
    princeofmind wrote: »
    Okay so it looks like that if you have a sedentary lifestyle 2500 would be around the point that you would maintain at. I would drop my calorie intake to 2000 a day to lose 1 lb a week.
    Would you say you have an active lifestyle?
    Also is 2500 the number MFP gave you?

    Yes but not losing on 2500 so I adjusted by -100 / 2400

    it also depends on how accurate your counting is. how are you determining those 2400 calories? are you weighing on a food scale? using cups and spoons? guessing?
  • leanitup123
    leanitup123 Posts: 489 Member
    geminigemz90 wrote: »
    Is there such a thing as eating too many calories & being in a deficit.

    Wut.
  • princeofmind
    princeofmind Posts: 95 Member
    jessiferrrb wrote: »
    princeofmind wrote: »
    Okay so it looks like that if you have a sedentary lifestyle 2500 would be around the point that you would maintain at. I would drop my calorie intake to 2000 a day to lose 1 lb a week.
    Would you say you have an active lifestyle?
    Also is 2500 the number MFP gave you?

    scooby calculator is giving me 2500 to lose with those stats (assuming the 90 in the user name refers to the year born).

    it may be that you're not tracking your calories accurately OP, underestimating food in and overestimating exercise calories out. how have you been logging?

    This is the website I was using. http://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html?ctype=standard&cage=27&csex=m&cheightfeet=5&cheightinch=10&cpound=278&cheightmeter=180&ckg=60&cactivity=1.2&printit=0&x=90&y=20
    Its strange because this website and the one you used, giving both my stats I get almost the same number.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
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