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puttynadine
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3500 equals 1 pound
I want to eat 2278 calories today how much do I have to burn to loose 1 pound
My regular schedule is
1940 calories
Burn 243
1597 bmr
I want to eat 2278 calories today how much do I have to burn to loose 1 pound
My regular schedule is
1940 calories
Burn 243
1597 bmr
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I think that's not enough information to be able to answer you, but I'd also encourage you to consider maybe thinking of the situation in an alternative way.
To answer your question, we'd need an idea of how many calories you need to maintain your current weight. The data you gave is specific, but not complete enougth to answer that question.
If your goal is 1940 calories, but you told MFP you want to lose 2 pounds a week, it is giving you a 1000 calorie deficit, meaning that it thinks you'd need 2940 calories daily just to stay steady at your current weight. That would mean that if you eat 2278 calories instead of 1940 calories, you'd lose just a tiny, tiny bit less weight this week. (That's true if your deficit is anything larger than 2278 - 1940 = 338 calories, or a weight loss goal of about 2/3 pound per week.)
In general, if you're consistently eating 1940, and losing weight, and your desire to eat 2278 is a rare thing . . . I'd encourage you to just eat that, and go on with your regular healthy routine, don't worry about it. 338 extra calories is less than a tenth of a pound of body weight even if it were that many calories over your maintenance calories (which is not likely under the circumstances, so you're talking about losing a tenth of a pound less this week than your usual average). An unusual difference that small isn't going to make a difference on the scale that most people would even notice, IMO . . . not worth worrying over.
Trying to "make up for" eating is IMO not helpful, almost implies that eating is a sin we need to expiate. It's not. We just need to balance things out, over time. Sometime accepting a little slower weight loss is worth it, sometimes it's not. That's up to you.
Best wishes!0
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