The amount of weight they lose is also [proportional to
the size of their caloric deficit](https://evidencemag.com/calories-count/).
The amount of weight they lose is also generally proportional to
the size of their caloric deficit.
So at the beginning of your diet, you'd eat 2,500 and closer to the end, you'd be eating around 2,400 so your overall actual calorie intake didn't change much, but
the size of your caloric deficit did.
Depending on your training, you may end up actually increasing
the size of your caloric deficit by doing more volume.
Here are the different variables that change based on
the size of your caloric deficit.
Yes, it's probably even more important than
the size of the caloric deficit itself.
Not exact matches
However, you want the
size of your daily
caloric deficit to be small enough that it doesn't impact your hard - earned muscle gain in a negative way.
It's a pretty solid
size for a
caloric deficit to be, as 1 pound
of fat contains about 3500 calories.
And, while each
of the 3 different
size deficits can indeed have a place in certain situations, my feeling (and the feeling
of most others) is that for most
of the people, most
of the time, a moderate
sized caloric deficit is the best choice for losing weight successfully.
One study took 2 groups
of overweight people and had each person create the same
sized caloric deficit and then consume that same calorie intake every day for 8 weeks.