Calorie deficit

rrranya
rrranya Posts: 3 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
When working out, am I supposed to be focusing on burning my weekly calories consumed or my daily calories? I intake about 800-900 calories a day. I’ve lost 95 pounds since February and I’m at a plateau.

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  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    edited November 2019
    neither... you should be aiming to have 0 calories remaining for the day... so eat your goal and eat the cals you are burning from exercise.

    Your calorie goal already includes a deficit in order to lose your weekly goal amount
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    Neither. You are supposed to be NETTING a certain number of calories per day. You don't even need to exercise to lose weight although it is good for your health. Unless you are unusually short, you should net at least 1200 calories per day. If you are only eating 800-900 cal/day and working out, you are undereating and at risk of serious medical concerns.
  • eryn0x
    eryn0x Posts: 138 Member
    edited November 2019
    Sometimes your body needs a break... maybe you are moving less outside of your workouts (N.E.A.T.). However, based on your calorie estimate, something is wrong. That would be far too few calories and you would definitely be losing weight.. so I suspect your calories are higher than you think.

    Once you sort out your calories, you can either use your workouts to put you in a further deficit or "eat back" the calories you burn, depending on the deficit you want. Since my workouts are not often or intense, I like to focus on eating the right number of calories and whatever I burn in my workout is a bonus, but I don't track it. Just because you don't track your workouts doesn't mean they don't count.

    Work on ensuring that you are eating delicious whole foods and tracking accurately.
  • rrranya
    rrranya Posts: 3 Member
    I’m definitely not miscalculating my calories, I had gastric sleeve so it’s really hard to get my calories in.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    You eat 800 to 900 calories a day and hit a weight loss plateau?
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    This seems like something you should ask your doctor. So little calories would be dangerously low for most people, so I would hope you are still under a doctor's care and taking prescribed supplements.
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