what is daily calorie deficit

kaseyAnne425
kaseyAnne425 Posts: 230
edited 4:54AM in Health and Weight Loss
Saw it under my "goals" section.. its 750. What does this mean

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  • Hoplost
    Hoplost Posts: 22 Member
    Bump... Want to know as well? never noticed this before.:huh: :smile:
  • Airbear3
    Airbear3 Posts: 335 Member
    its how many less calories you need to eat to lose weight.
  • Airbear3
    Airbear3 Posts: 335 Member
    example if my body, at rest burns 2000 cals then i need to eat less then this to lose weight! hope that helps
  • SteveTries
    SteveTries Posts: 723 Member
    Based on the information you provided about yourself (age, weight, lifestyle etc) the tool has applied some average metrics and calculated an estimate of your maintenance calories. That is the calories you need per day on average to maintain your current weight.

    Next you told the tool how much you want to lose per week. So the tool applied some maths and came out with 750Calories defcit per day. That is the number of calories below maintenance that you need to stay at to lose at your goal rate.

    You must have selected 1.5lbs a week, which is pretty high in my opinion and possibly not sustainable after the first week or two.
  • SteveTries
    SteveTries Posts: 723 Member
    example if my body, at rest burns 2000 cals then i need to eat less then this to lose weight! hope that helps

    No, it not this. It's not compared to calories at rest. It's calories to do your normal day's activities. That is your maintenance need. At rest is something else.
  • kristy6ward
    kristy6ward Posts: 332 Member
    That number is what MFP has already removed from your allotted net calories, based on how much weight you told it you wanted to lose per week. If you told it 1 lb, then it'd be 500...500x7=3500. It says 750 because you chose to lose a 1.5 per week. Because MFP already adds the deficit into your calories it is important that you eat back some or all of your exercise calories so you don't exceed a deficit of more than 1000 total.
  • amyy902
    amyy902 Posts: 290 Member
    it means to burn 750 calories more than you take in. so say you burn 1200 in a day but eat 1200 cals then you break even at a 0deficit. but if you do exercise and burn 750 then you meet your goal. thats the healthiest way to do it anyway!
  • Airbear3
    Airbear3 Posts: 335 Member
    yep your right! sorry confused myself!
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    Figure out your BMR then do this....


    BMRx1.5(if you work out 3-5 times a week)=TDEE

    TDEE-20%= deficit to lose fat.

    If you eat at or below BMR you WILL lose lean mass and have little energy.
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