calorie deficit help needed Asap

[lex69]

Help needed : My fitbit dashboard for this week says my calorie deficit is -895  Does that mean I've eaten too much  or does that take into account my 0.5 lb  a week weight loss that i have set it to ????

Im so confused, i am not losing weight and its driving me mad. 

[SunsetRunner]

@lex69 I assume you are talking about this tile screen shot:

What that is saying is you have eaten 895 calories less than you have burned.

[lex69]

yes its saying -895  does that mean i have eaten/not burnt off 895 calories ??? 

[SunsetRunner]

it is saying you are at a 895 calorie deficit.  So lets say you have eaten 2,000 calories, it implies you have burned 2,895 calories.

[lex69]

Cals In vs Out

MonTueWedThuFriSatSunCalories

Total Burned Total Eaten Deficit

12628 cals  3%

11641 cals  7%

-987 cals

[StefK]

It means you have lost 895 more calories than your goal was. The goal includes your deficit. So that is good news as you have done better than you had planned.

Hope this helps.
Stef.

[lex69]

ok Sorry for this i have such a number blindness i cant seem to get my head around it all. 

So this is a good thing.  however for the past few months my deficit has been along the - 2000 mark yet i havent lost any weight. Is this deficit too high and therefore maybe my body is going into 'starvation mode'. 

I only have 14lb ish to lose, i have PCOS whisch makes weight lose harder but clearly not impossible. 

Thank you for your help i am determined to get my head around these numbers 

[SunsetRunner]

At only 14 lbs to lose until your goal weight I would suggest a caloric deficit of no more than 500 calories/day (1lb/week loss) however it would probably be better to be in the .5lb/week range.  As you get closer to your goal weight it gets harder to lose and it needs to be more gradual.