Someone please explain this to me..

halmsafit
halmsafit Posts: 47 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I went to my new gym (Gold's Gym) and got a 3D body scan (I definitely recommend it, it's awesome). Anywho after going over my goals with the fitness coach, and saying my first goal was to lose 20 lbs of fat and keep muscle, he took the bmr the scan gave him and the tdee and then subtracted about 600 and got 1919 calories per day for me. I am going to be working out 4-5 per week and he recommended that I do a class 3 times a week (spin,zumba, etc) and then weights the other days and try to build up my shoulders. He said to also make sure to do cardio (as running a mile is one of my goals). My question is- if I was eating maybe 1450 calories before, but now increase to 1900 calories (or close) and working out, how does that help me lose fat better than being in a defecit?

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Can't answer without your current height and weight...
  • halmsafit
    halmsafit Posts: 47 Member
    Height is 5'6 weight is 177-178
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    The only way you're really going to know is to try it. It seems a little high to me, but maybe not, depending on your exercise.

    I'm 5'9, 179, and lose on 2000.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited January 2018
    halmsafit wrote: »
    I went to my new gym (Gold's Gym) and got a 3D body scan (I definitely recommend it, it's awesome). Anywho after going over my goals with the fitness coach, and saying my first goal was to lose 20 lbs of fat and keep muscle, he took the bmr the scan gave him and the tdee and then subtracted about 600 and got 1919 calories per day for me. I am going to be working out 4-5 per week and he recommended that I do a class 3 times a week (spin,zumba, etc) and then weights the other days and try to build up my shoulders. He said to also make sure to do cardio (as running a mile is one of my goals). My question is- if I was eating maybe 1450 calories before, but now increase to 1900 calories (or close) and working out, how does that help me lose fat better than being in a defecit?

    He's subtracting from your TDEE...so if your TDEE he calculated is accurate then 1900 would be a 600 calorie deficit. Your TDEE is your maintenance calories.
  • MonkeyMel21
    MonkeyMel21 Posts: 2,396 Member
    edited January 2018
    Well, you are still in a deficit as you are now working out and burning more calories. And by working out you are helping preserve the muscle you already have instead of losing both fat and muscle. That's the idea anyway.
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    If you were eating 1450 and sedentary, but now your goal includes a minimum amount of activity, then it makes sense that you would need to eat more. Your goal is to lose a bunch of FAT, not just lose a bunch of WEIGHT - so keeping a small deficit, and strength training will help to retain/build muscle and lose mostly fat.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    edited January 2018
    I can’t say since I don’t know anything about this scan that he used. I would think some fancy scan at the gym would be more accurate than a little calculator on myfitnesspal but what do I know. Maybe try it and see what happens. If you aren’t losing in a couple weeks lower your calories. At least that’s what I would do.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    600 calories below your TDEE is a deficit...
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