To lose 1lb a week

sobhob
sobhob Posts: 10 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Ok So is this logic right? If 3500 calories is 1 pound and I'm allotted 1440 every day which equals 10080, I have to only eat 6580 a week to lose 1 pound a week?

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    If MFP gave you 1440 to eat - that's what you eat to lose a lb a week - you do not subtract anything from it.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,153 Member
    edited October 2017
    Your allotted 1440 already includes your defict if you set yourself to 1lb per week when you set up your account (Guided set-up in goal).

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  • sobhob
    sobhob Posts: 10 Member
    Ok makes sense. So anything I burn from work outs is on top of the deficit MFP has already worked out for losing.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    sobhob wrote: »
    Ok makes sense. So anything I burn from work outs is on top of the deficit MFP has already worked out for losing.

    Yes. So if you burn 250 calories exercising, then you should eat an additional 250 calories. But the warning you will see over and over is that machines, MFP and other sources for how many calories you burn exercising may be grossly overstated. So if a machine tells you you burned 250 calories, your actual burn may be as low as 125. So the advice is to start by eating 50% - 75% of your calories from exercise for 6 weeks or so and see how your weight loss is going. If you are losing faster then planed, eat a bit more. Not losing enough, eat a bit less.
  • sobhob
    sobhob Posts: 10 Member
    Great. Thank you
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