[Oliver_W]

Let's say I eat a meal which is 500 cals. If I get on the treadmill and burn off 525, does that mean the fatness I would have built up won't happen?

[Vicky.]

Yeah I think thats how it works. Not that 00 calories would put owt on you anyway, unless it was everyday, and even then you would only gain a pound a week.

From memory, it would have taken me like..4 hours or something on the treadmill to burn 500 calories That kind of..put me off going to the gym at all as it seemed so pointless for so little reward

[Daniel.]

Yeah

Download MyFitnesspal

[Cherie]

Yep that how it works, you are right Vicky 15 minutes on the bike only knocks off 50 calories or something lol

[caprimint]

It depends if you use net or deficit to track your intake... if you eat eg. 1,500 calories and burn 500 then your net intake would be 1,000... but if you do deficit then you'd need to know your TDEE (probably somewhere between 2,200-2,800 or something dependant on your height/weight/exercise so then you should try to get a 500 deficit or something.

[caprimint]

I'd say that deficit is more effective than net too

[Marsh.]

Probably waste away.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Yeah I think thats how it works. Not that 00 calories would put owt on you anyway, unless it was everyday, and even then you would only gain a pound a week.

From memory, it would have taken me like..4 hours or something on the treadmill to burn 500 calories That kind of..put me off going to the gym at all as it seemed so pointless for so little reward

Originally Posted by Daniel.

Yeah

Download MyFitnesspal

Originally Posted by Cherie

Yep that how it works, you are right Vicky 15 minutes on the bike only knocks off 50 calories or something lol

Originally Posted by caprimint

It depends if you use net or deficit to track your intake... if you eat eg. 1,500 calories and burn 500 then your net intake would be 1,000... but if you do deficit then you'd need to know your TDEE (probably somewhere between 2,200-2,800 or something dependant on your height/weight/exercise so then you should try to get a 500 deficit or something.

Originally Posted by caprimint

I'd say that deficit is more effective than net too

Thaaanks!

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Probably waste away.

Just trying to waist away for now

[user104658]

Yes. Ish. You don't literally burn the exact food that you've just consumed, they're still in your belly and not ready for the body to use, but in theory if you burn more stored calories than that meal will be replacing then you won't store any additional fat.

It's also why the myth of "foods that contain a lot of fat make you fat" is not really right. Fat (and sugar) are high energy so it's easy to over-eat fatty / sugary foods, but 1000 calories of pure fat and sugar won't make you put on weight any more than 1000 calories of anything else.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

but 1000 calories of pure fat and sugar won't make you put on weight any more than 1000 calories of anything else.

Blimey, I didn't know that!

[caprimint]

Yeah he's right. It's just calories that have any relevance, not the type of food that you eat. Cucumber will make you gain weight if you eat over the amount of your TDEE.

[Oliver_W]

So is TDEE the amount of calories one burns "without trying" so to speak ?

[caprimint]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

So is TDEE the amount of calories one burns "without trying" so to speak ?

No, that's your BMR (basal metabolic rate) So if you were sedentary all day that's basically what it is

Then your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) is what includes all of your exercise/moving around for the day, so it's better to work with this

[Josy]

It all comes down to cals in vs cals out, create a deficit each week and you will lose weight, it's science, to lose 1lb per week you have to be in roughly 3500 calorie deficit for that week.

So to answer your question, if you exercise and burn more cals you will be able to eat more if that's what you choose to do, or you could just have a higher deficit for that day and lose quicker.

Do a TDEE, then deduct about 500 from your maintenance cals to lose 1lb per week, 1000 for 2lb per week etc

[Ammi]

...I think there are apps Oliver that calculate it all for you.../ the calorie intake and what you’re burning off/how to balance it for weight loss...

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I think there are apps Oliver that calculate it all for you.../ the calorie intake and what you’re burning off/how to balance it for weight loss...

Most if not all are way off for calorie allowance to begin with though, it's recommended to do your own tdee and then work from there with the apps.

Oliver you can do a tdee here

https://tdeecalculator.net/

[bots]

the timing of when you eat is very important because that dictates your metabolic rate. Eat plenty early in the morning to fire up your metabolism