New and Need Help Understand My Weekly Report

[DGM416]

Hello All,

I have a question, I do not understand this summary in my weekly reports. Here is the screen shot of it. Is this saying that I came in 2908 of the goal I set. This is the only thing I can figure. I am suppose to be 500 under a day, so x7 days is 3500. Add that to the 2908 and I have the different between burned and in. So if I do understand this, then I ate 2000 less calories than I need to, is this right?

CALORIES IN VS OUT -2908

WEEKLY TOTAL 20591 cals burned 14183 cals eaten -3500 plan deficit

[Heybales · Accepted solution]

You burned 20591 during the week.

You ate 14183.

You created a deficit of 20591 - 14183 = 6408 (915 daily avg).

You wanted a deficit of 3500.

You ate 6408 - 3500 = 2908 less than you intended to.

Or in their speak, you were -2908 under goal.

So if 1 lb weekly was reasonable - you made the deficit unreasonable.

Eat up! You must have worked hard for it, why waste your workouts by not feeding them well and getting max recovery and repair?

[yldthng]

@Heybales - Question - I always end up with negative calories too. So having negative calories isn't good?

[Heybales]

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@yldthng wrote:

@Heybales - Question - I always end up with negative calories too. So having negative calories isn't good?

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If your set deficit is reasonable, and you are making it bigger and unreasonable - no, not good.

If set deficit is even slower than needed just because, and you make it bigger on some days - not so bad.

If you think bigger deficit is better, why not stop eating and get it over with faster?

What do you think would go wrong with that?

Whatever you think of, there is likely more reasons you aren't aware of, and they still happen, and depending on deficit, faster or slower.

[Artsydonna]

Is it possible to download a report of meals by week or a selected range of dates, rather than just one day at a time?  I expect it is, but can't figure it out easily via the site.  Thanks!