Calorie Deficit ?

[♥Amy♥ 5]

I see so many people writing about their daily calorie deficits and some of them seem so high. I'm getting my bodybugg hopefully on Friday and I'm trying to figure out what would be the highest healthy daily deficit without getting into starvation mode territory. I read that you shouldn't go over a 500 calorie/day deficit and that deficit should lead to a 1lb a week weightloss but that sounds like a bit of a conservative number to me. I should be able to at least double that number daily without my body going into starvation mode, am I right or is this another one of those things that I'm going to have to figure out on my own because everyone is different? :thumbdown:

[jensmallwood 0]

Yeah, probably one of those "everyone is different things." :bored: But- I think you're safe to try it-- 2 pounds a week is typically considered a safe weightloss, and that's a 1000 cal deficit a day.

I think a bit part of it has to do with whether your deficit is coming ONLY from reducing your food intake as opposed to creating the deficit by also increasing your activity.

If you reduce calories by 500 per day, and increase activity by 500 cal per day- that's 1000 cal deficit- without losing nutrients.

I've heard that some people get great results by mixing up their calorie intake from week to week or day to day. Higher cals one day, lower cals another. I guess they think this keeps the metabolism guessing. I don't know.

My plan is to lose up to 2 pounds a week while eating as much as I can (I don't mean binging- I just mean eating normal, balanced meals). I definitely don't want my body to start hoarding fat because it thinks it is starving! And I'm also very active.

I'm also getting a Body Bugg- hopefully it'll be delivered this week, too!

[bambam31 168]

I think a bit part of it has to do with whether your deficit is coming ONLY from reducing your food intake as opposed to creating the deficit by also increasing your activity.

If you reduce calories by 500 per day, and increase activity by 500 cal per day- that's 1000 cal deficit- without losing nutrients.

BINGO! That was the key to my loss. Calorie deficit derived from both intake and export! Then it's just a matter of playing with the numbers to find out how hard you can push to achieve the desired result.

Too many people try to achieve their goal from intake alone - it rarely ever works long term.

Brad

[♥Amy♥ 5]

Thanks for the replies! :smile2:

[juliansmom2003 3]

How are you liking the bugg, Amy? I have had mine since Tuesday and I am WAY obsessed! Yesterday was my first full day and I burned 2420 calories (25 under what I was supposed to, but not too shabby LOL)! SO excited!

[♥Amy♥ 5]

How are you liking the bugg, Amy? I have had mine since Tuesday and I am WAY obsessed! Yesterday was my first full day and I burned 2420 calories (25 under what I was supposed to, but not too shabby LOL)! SO excited!

I love it! I was kind of annoyed with it yesterday but it was really my fault. I rebooted it because my display seemed to be pausing a lot. It wasn't saying that it wasn't synced but I would watch the calories burned per minute and the calories burned total during my current activity and it was taking forever to change. It would change if I pressed the button on my band so I wasn't sure if it was counting my calories burned correctly. After I rebooted it it was saying "Band is not set up" :thumbup: As soon as I got home from work and hooked it up to the computer it was fine but for the rest of the day at work I felt naked without it! :thumbup: I've been obsessed w/ it! :biggrin: I've been getting a deficit of at least 1000 calories/day. Yesterday was 1200. I'm trying not to keep such a large one but it's hard to eat all the calories it wants me to so I lowered it to 1200 cals a day and it wants me to burn 2200 which I should have no problem doing.