Calorie Deficit | Calories Burned

geminigemz90
geminigemz90 Posts: 305 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have a 500 calorie deficit.
I burned 300 calories.

Which one is more important.

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  • Poisonedpawn78
    Poisonedpawn78 Posts: 1,145 Member
    They are the same. If the calories burned are after the deficit then you are now -800. otherwise it is just part of that -500 deficit.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    For weight loss, your calorie deficit matters. For fitness, health, and a joyful life, exercise matters.
  • Chadxx
    Chadxx Posts: 1,199 Member
    edited July 2017
    .......(Calories out) ............ (Calories in).......
    Total calories burned - total calories eaten = deficit

    The deficit is what determines weight loss.

    If you started with a 500 calorie deficit and then burned an additional 300 exercise calories without eating them back, you actually have an 800 calorie deficit.
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    What do you mean by "I have a 500 calorie deficit?" Is that the target you've set up in MFP, or are you 500 calories under your goal for the day?
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