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Master Don Juan
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Hello to all the other calorie counters, I am literally the last guy that should ever be making a thread on being healthy but I have a pretty good understanding of the basics through experience.
Losing weight in general comes from being in a calorie deficit; to enter a calorie deficit, you must either increase your maintenance calories through exercise or reduce your calorie intake below maintenance. Calculating maintenance accurately is beyond me, but there are basic equations online.
A good start is to calculate maintenance, then adhere to that calorie amount for maybe 2 weeks and weigh yourself, see if you add or lose weight, then you can adjust your calorie count more accurately; taking the time to understand your body will help.
In terms of deficits, everyone is different but typically if you run below 400 calories a day, then you'll slowly eat away at your fat, where as if you are entering much higher calorie deficits you'll eat away fat but also muscle.
Most importantly, your metabolism is a reflection of what you have eaten in terms of calorie volume... If you eat a lot, your metabolism is going to be fired up but it needs that stimulation over the course of about a month, conversely, if you are barely eating, then your metabolism will adjust and slow down, so if you want to burn fat, it starts with your metabolism and you need to fire it up by eating lots, build muscle, weight training to mitigate calorie intake, then after a month your metabolism will be ready to burn off some fat.
Remember, big calorie deficit alone only works for a while, pace yourself.
Losing weight in general comes from being in a calorie deficit; to enter a calorie deficit, you must either increase your maintenance calories through exercise or reduce your calorie intake below maintenance. Calculating maintenance accurately is beyond me, but there are basic equations online.
A good start is to calculate maintenance, then adhere to that calorie amount for maybe 2 weeks and weigh yourself, see if you add or lose weight, then you can adjust your calorie count more accurately; taking the time to understand your body will help.
In terms of deficits, everyone is different but typically if you run below 400 calories a day, then you'll slowly eat away at your fat, where as if you are entering much higher calorie deficits you'll eat away fat but also muscle.
Most importantly, your metabolism is a reflection of what you have eaten in terms of calorie volume... If you eat a lot, your metabolism is going to be fired up but it needs that stimulation over the course of about a month, conversely, if you are barely eating, then your metabolism will adjust and slow down, so if you want to burn fat, it starts with your metabolism and you need to fire it up by eating lots, build muscle, weight training to mitigate calorie intake, then after a month your metabolism will be ready to burn off some fat.
Remember, big calorie deficit alone only works for a while, pace yourself.
