Just another question

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I'm sure I've seen this somewhere, but can you help out?

When you are in a calorie deficit, say you take 1500 calories per day, and then you do some exercise, say you burn 600 calories, does that mean your total intake is only 900 for the day? How does that work?

I've always wanted to know that. I thought if you are doing exercise you need to be fueling your body in the right way.

Any help is awesome

 

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Basically, yes. Working with a simplified understanding of energy balance you get:

Caloric Balance = Calories Consumed - ("RMR" + Calories Expended Through Exercise)

When calories in are less than calories out, you are in a deficit and should use up fat stores to meet your energy needs. Functionally, however, the food you ingest and then "burn off" does provide you with important or essential macronutrients (proteins, carbs, fats) and micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, etc). There are also many indirect metabolic and health benefits to exercising regularly. This is why it's almost always better to create a deficit through increasing your level of physical of activity than it is eating less (healthy!) food.

 

[Littlea]

Nice answer.