Calorie Deficient Reduction

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Jul 06 2006 20:21

What is a safe calorie deficient reduction to lose weight? It is recommended to reduce your calories by 500 per day, but never more than 1000 calorie deficit per day.  When your down to the last 5-10 lbs, you should just focus on toning. Tone. Tone. Tone. Start lifting weights, keep up the cardio. As for the number of calories, don't reduce by no more than 500 less than what you burn. It's only, if you have 20 or more lbs to loss, that you don't reduce by no more than 1000 calories less than what you burn. 3500 Calories = 1 lb. Divide that by 7 days, and you have a reduction of 500 calories per day for a week. You can safely lose 1-2 lbs per week.

i have been reading that for weeks, ive even tried to draw pictures BUT it still doesnt make sense to me!

please can some knid hearted person explain this to poor amature me???

I'm pretty sure she meant calorie deficit reduction.. That is.. the difference between how many calories you BURN (Activitiy + AMR) and those that you eat. :)

ok so besides the spelling error

does that mean i must have an excess of 500cal in my body that i dont burn . and i must make sure i burn enough so that i dont have over 1000cal?

No, it means you should burn 500 calories more than you eat. THat's how you lose weight.

So.. if this site says you burn 2000 calories a day and you jog for half an hour, burning 400 calories, you should eat 500 less than that 2400 or 1900.

Got it? :)

And you should eat 1200 calories or more. 1200 is sort of borderline maybe not enough, though your doctor can find out exactly where your personal 'too few calories' line is.

Hahahahaha ?. Dun dun dun

Ok so I burn 2200 cal today. So I should be eating 1700? Today my cal count is 1500 so its not 1700 ?. Is that bad?

It means that you need to eat between 500 and 1000 FEWER calories than the calories you expend normally and with exercise. 

So if my body at rest normally uses 2000 calories to do what I normally do durnig a day, and then I exercise and burn another 300 calories, I've burned 2300 calories (or so). 

To lose weight, I have to eat AT LEAST 1300 calories, but fewer than 2300.  To lose a pound a week, I need to eat 1800 calories a day (2300 cals - 1800 cals = 500 calorie deficit).  500 calorie deficit/day x 7 days/week = 3500 calorie deficit over the week = 1 pound lost.  To lose 2 lbs a week, I eat around 1300 calories (2300 - 1300 = 1000.  1000 x 7 = 7,000 = 2 lbs (3500 + 3500). 

If I eat FEWER than 1300 calories, my body starts thinking that lean times are coming and my metabolism starts to slow to the point of molasses. 

You can work out the math for your own body with some of the tools on the site!  :) hope it helps!

Nah. If you've eaten only 1500, you should be OK. The Range in deficit is typically about 500-750 kCal (1,000 on a regular basis MAY be too much and MAY lead to Plateauing).

WOW THANKS!!!!

you guys have def helped, i never understood that. it all makes sense and helps alot! thank you

Sorry to drag out this topic. This post has helped me understand this better but I hope I understand this right.

I burn 2200 cal to maintain my current weight. SO on lazy days I should eat at least 1200 cal (this is also the absolute minimum for women and true in my case) to 1700 to lose at least a pound a week.

Now, if I workout that day and burn 300 cal, my total for that day is 2500 cal and I should eat 1500-2000 cal, correct?