Deficit

hey, i'm just curious and need some reassurance. if you still have a deficit between your calories burned and calories taken in, you will not gain weight, right? for example, today i ate around 1600, and burned around 1750. i won't gain, will i?

 

nooo i dont think so.

Sorry I don't have an answer for you, but I'm so glad you posted this because I was just wondering the same thing myself. My calorie limit is supposed to be 1200, but I ate 1627 today so I went to the gym and burned 250 cals so now altogether I've burned a little over 1800 for the day so far, similar to your stats for today. I'm hoping someone has a good answer for you because then my question will also be answered, lol.

It's pretty much impossible to gain with a deficit. However, I have stepped on the scale the day after a small deficit and seen a slight gain, like if I had lots of carbs or sodium or lots of weight training. So no worries! You wont gain.

alright well thanks for the reply! i hope youre right :) haha

Yes you can gain weight or not lose any - various factors come into play, water retention, colon waste and muscle gain - if you do a lot of high entensity weight lifting and consume a lot of protein  you can gain a 1lb of muscle in a week...which is generally a good thing :D

Weight isn't really a good way to measure fitness.. I think body fat is and you can tell by your waist size :D

Oh, you can gain on a deficit all right, but not over the long term.  I ate salty stuff on Monday at 350 calories deficit, and was up 1 lb the next morning.  This morning I'm down 2 lbs.  Too many other things come into play in the short term.