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Is this the way dieting works?
This is just an example. If I eat 2000 calories a day, and I burn off 2500, does that mean I've lost 500 calories, and 1/7 of a pound?
Or, if I eat 2000 calories, but I require 2200 daily, does that mean I've lost 200 calories?
Which of those two ideas is the correct one?
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no.1 is the right way. Giving yourself the 500 calorie defecit from your maintainance total will kickstart the metabolic processes needed to burn fat.
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They are both ways to lose weight, but the first way "If I eat 2000 calories a day, and I burn off 2500" is better.
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edit:: okay i see what you are saying. well 1 i didnt deserve a 1 because that is only for harmful advice but anyways it is better to eat 2000 then work off 2500 because by eating your body is working faster and you will lose more weight that weigh. cutting calories will not help you lose weight in the long run.. maybe a pound or 2 at first but it your matobolism will slow down because of the lack of food and you will gain it back plus more maybe
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tech. they are both right but not nes. true just because youve burned those calories or not have eaten them doesnt mean you loose weight. accually counting calories is bad like special k bars for example they have just as much sugar as about 4 oz of koolaid which in reality is really bad for you compared to what you can eat for 100 calories or whatever it is. and eating under 1500 calories a day can accually make you gain weight. cutting calories in the end never really helps you loose weight esspecial of you are teen if that is what you are wondering
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"If I eat 2000 calories a day, and I burn off 2500, does that mean I've lost 500 calories"--It can be very dangerous to burn off more calories than you take in. Think of it this way- you every day, you take in 2000 calories, and you burn off 2500, yes, you've lost weight, but you have ALSO burned off ALL the food calories you've eaten, so you're not getting any nutrients.
"if I eat 2000 calories, but I require 2200 daily, does that mean I've lost 200 calories?"--no, it means you're not taking in as much as you should. You need to keep at least some of your calories, because a calorie is "A unit of energy-producing potential equal to this amount of heat that is contained in food and released upon oxidation by the body."
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