Have been thinking about this ever since i started really and nobody's really been able to answer it properly:
Basically, whenever i exercise, i always burn about 200 to 400 calories [before it was about 500 or so]. Obviously im not counting how many calories i burn after the exercise. In terms of diet, my BMR is about 1620. However working out my daily calorie needs due to exercising and all that, it comes to about 2000 [it's actually more than this, but let's just say 2000 to make it easier]. I currently try to consume 1200 to 1400 calories, which is obviously quite a bit of a deficit from the 2000 or so needed.[obviously everyone's body is different so the harris benedict equation could be slightly wrong]
Anyway, my question is this: Should i be worried that i have more of a deficit from my diet than exercise? Should i be looking for more of a deficit from exercise than my diet? If the 2000 is taken into account, then that's a deficit of 600 to 800 from my diet, whereas it's only 200 to 400 from my exercise, so a ratio of 1:2. I know diet plays a big big part in fat burning, but i dunno, i just feel like im doing something wrong, or should be working extra harder and be losing 800 calories from my exercise rather than diet. Does it matter if im only losing 200 to 400 calories per day from exercise? Would the fat burning still be effective?
Sorry if i've confused anyone. Hope anyone can answer.
Basically, whenever i exercise, i always burn about 200 to 400 calories [before it was about 500 or so]. Obviously im not counting how many calories i burn after the exercise. In terms of diet, my BMR is about 1620. However working out my daily calorie needs due to exercising and all that, it comes to about 2000 [it's actually more than this, but let's just say 2000 to make it easier]. I currently try to consume 1200 to 1400 calories, which is obviously quite a bit of a deficit from the 2000 or so needed.[obviously everyone's body is different so the harris benedict equation could be slightly wrong]
Anyway, my question is this: Should i be worried that i have more of a deficit from my diet than exercise? Should i be looking for more of a deficit from exercise than my diet? If the 2000 is taken into account, then that's a deficit of 600 to 800 from my diet, whereas it's only 200 to 400 from my exercise, so a ratio of 1:2. I know diet plays a big big part in fat burning, but i dunno, i just feel like im doing something wrong, or should be working extra harder and be losing 800 calories from my exercise rather than diet. Does it matter if im only losing 200 to 400 calories per day from exercise? Would the fat burning still be effective?
Sorry if i've confused anyone. Hope anyone can answer.