Alas, there's no such thing as eating
under a calorie deficit during the holidays.
We encourage you to include exercise in your lifestyle change: it helps to maintain muscle when
under calorie deficit, and it's great for your heart and mental state.
Not exact matches
According to the calculator thing, to be in a 20 %
deficit I should be eating just
under 1400
calories a day.
Note: The
calorie deficit is a RANGE, typically 1000 up to just
under your maintenance.
There's some hunger even with conservative
calorie deficits of 15 - 20 %
under maintenance.
If you ate at a 500
calorie deficit Monday through Friday (a total of 2500
calories under maintenance), but then ate an extra 1000
calories above maintenance on both Saturday and Sunday, most of your overall
deficit has gone to waste.