Today I realize that it's the calorie deficit that matters the most, not whether you eat less or burn more per se, but in my case creating a large
deficit by burning the calories was the absolute key for me.
However, strength training can help maintain muscle mass while you're in a caloric deficit, which will generally produce better results.8 - 10 Lifting weights can also help contribute to your caloric
deficit by burning some calories (though that shouldn't be the main reason you lift weights).11, 12
Not exact matches
If your goal is to
burn fat, you need to create a
calorie deficit by burning more
calories than you consume.
A
calorie deficit is required to
burn body fat, but I find it far easier to achieve
by eating meat and vegetables than
by doing endless hours in the gym and denying myself the pleasure of a glass of wine and some dark chocolate.
In order to lose fat, you must maintain a
calorie deficit over time
by burning more
calories than you consume.
In order to lose body fat, you have to create a «
calorie deficit»
by taking in fewer
calories than you
burn.
After all, if the ultimate goal of losing fat is to maintain a
calorie deficit over time
by consistently
burning more
calories than you consume, how could a
calorie -
burning tool such as cardio end up working against you?
To lose fat, you simply create a caloric
deficit by burning more and eating less (keeping the nutrient density of those
calories as high as possible, of course).
In order to reach our weight loss goals, we must create a caloric
deficit by eating fewer
calories than we
burn.
To lose a 1 lb per week you need to create a
deficit of 500
calories this can be done
by either reducing you
calorie intake or
by exercising and
burning off those
calories.
I have been collecting data for my own body via a BodyBugg which is 93 % accurate for
calorie burn (and over time, I see that if I am correctly reporting my food intake
by weighing and measuring, I lose exactly the amount of weight my
calorie deficit reports.)
Cardio training
burns extra
calories helping to reach the energy
deficit, which can also be done
by simply controlling your diet.
To lose weight, you need to create a
calorie deficit by burning more
calories than you consume.
You create a
calorie deficit by either eating less
calories,
burning more
calories (through exercise) or a combination of the two.
Sorry, but the ONLY way to
burn fat is
by a
calorie deficit.