Find out
why calorie maintenance matters and discover the best ways to calculate and track your maintenance calories.
Not exact matches
That's
why you cut only 300 to 500
calories under
maintenance when you start a diet.
The overall
calorie intake is low (1000 - 1200 kcal), most likely lower than
maintenance level, so that's
why the body will have to use another source of energy (body fat and ketones).
And that covers how and
why I (and many others) came to recommend 20 % below
maintenance level as being the ideal caloric deficit to use when setting your
calorie intake for weight loss.
Puppy food is higher in
calories from healthy fat and protein, which is
why you need to feed your little guy food labeled «for growth» and not for «adult
maintenance.»