Burn Meter vs. Eat Meter?

So, this whole Burn Meter/Eat Meter thing is confusing me...

From what I can tell, I should be eating about 1400 calories a day to lose weight.So, I get the "Eat Meter."

Then, on the Burn Meter front, I understand that it is telling me how many calories total I've burned today for living and any exercise that I log.

However, I don't understand what I'm supposed to do with this information. Is this just an FYI more than anything? Or, am I supposed to get like a 500 calorie difference at least between the two numbers or something?

Thanks!

If you are trying to lose wieght, then the burn meter should be showing a number higher than the eat meter. This difference in eat / burn is what is called a deficit. It is how you can keep track of your energy usage and consumption. It is the entire basis of Calorie Count.

Your deficit for weight loss  should ideally be no higher than 1000 per day, but the minimum depends on how much weight you have to lose, the strategy you are using etc, most on here would say 200-500.

Keep track of your deficits. Ideally CC should have a deficit tracker as well, lets hope they're working on it. I log mine on a spreadsheet, and it can help show you patterns in your habits, such as when you eat too much (saturdays fro me) It also shows the combined deficit for the week, so you can see (in theory) how much weight you will have burnt off (3500 cals = 1 lb)

Thanks GG! This is what I suspected, but I wasn't totally sure... Thanks so much!