New to fitbit. How many calories to lose weight vs calories burned

[Gsheppy]

I am working on losing weight. I use my fitness pal. Really like it. Mfp recommend 1200 calorie intake. My nutritionist said 1400 calories. Help!!!!

What to lose 1.5 week. What should my calorie in vs calorie burn be?

[SunsetRunner · Accepted solution]

Listent to your nutritionist.  MFP is just an educated guess based on averages, your nutritionist's recommendation is based on their examination of you.

[Gsheppy]

I don't like that answer. Lolli know she is right. She is always saying to me if you lose 1 lb a week, it will be52 in one year. 😃😃

Slow and steady wins the race. Thanks for the advise.

[DrivingMsDerby]

To lose one pound of fat you must burn 3,500 calories more than you eat. I went to a weightloss workshop that said if you decrease your normal daily diet by 250 calories and burn 250 calories during your workout, you will lose at least one pound of fat a week.

Hope that helps! It's sure been helping me stay motivated at the gym!

[PiPi84]

is that 3500 more calories per day or week?

[Heybales]

There is about that many calories in one pound of fat to lose it.

Weekly eat 3500 less than you burn, you'll in theory burn a lb of fat off.

That math of course means 3500 / 7 days = 500 daily.

What the scale shows depends on many other factors, increasing exercise, eating more sodium, eating less sodium, weighing on invalid days, ect.

Scale may show more or less.

Go for too big a deficit, and the math no longer applies since you'll be burning off muscle mass too, and that only provides 600 calories per pound for energy.

Easier to lose a lb of muscle than a lb of fat.

Guess which one you'll hate losing when you yo-yo diet again and again?

[PiPi84]

Thanks that helps alot 🙂