Calories burned vs. calories comsumed

Can someone please answer this question.  if you eat around 1230 cals p/day and burn 550 working out, how many cals are you actually consuming?

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Original Post by stpalmer:

Can someone please answer this question.  if you eat around 1230 cals p/day and burn 550 working out, how many cals are you actually consuming?

Well I am guessing you got ~1200 from the calculator. It already creates a caloric deficit, since you burn extra calories just by being alive and going about your daily business. So in addition to that deficit you burn additional 550. That will bump it to around 1k. So answer is 1230+~400-500.

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You're consuming 1230 calories.  However I think you're asking what the net effect is.   If your total energy needs for the day are 2300, for example, and you consume 1230 then you have a calorie deficit of 1070 calories. 

If your objective is to lose weight, the deficit is the important part.  A deficit of 500-700 per day will result in a weight-loss of 1 - 2lbs a week.

>>>Can someone please answer this question.  if you eat around 1230 cals p/day >>> and burn 550 working out, how many cals are you actually consuming?

you eat 1230.

you burned 550 working out.

Depending on your age, weight and how active your day to day is, you can calculate  how many calories you burn on a normal day, for women about 2300 a day, for men about 2500 - 3000 a day, but that really varies a lot depending on your muscle mass, fat etc .... but im not gonna go into all that. so lets say you burn 2300 on a normal day (it also depends where this calories come from, 1 gram of carbs has 4 calories and 1 gram of fat has 9, protein has 4 cals per gram.

So back to your quetsion: 2300 (you burn normally) + 550 (working out) = 2850 calories - 1230 you ate = 1620 is the calorie deficit, that is about half a pound of fat. 1 pound of fat = 3500 calories, so if you can create a deficit of 3500 calories in 1 week, that is 1 pound you lose.

hope this helps.

andres. (www.menshealthchallenge2008.info)