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what happenes if you lose more calories than you gain per day?

hey everyone. you know how the maximum intake for ladies a day is 2000 calories right? what happenes if you lose way more than you actually gain per day? like you take in about 300 but lose about 500 a day? is that really bad or really good?

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1. You lose weight when you lose more calories than you take.
2. It's fine if you want to lose weight. For every 3500 calories you burn or "lose", you drop one pound. As long as you're eating enough calories to keep your body going, you should be fine as long as you don't mind losing a pound or so a week. BTW, the 2000 a day calorie thing is an AVERAGE. If you are less active or have a slower metabolism, you may not need as many.
3. Your body is designed to adjust to the amount of calories you consume and what your body burns. for example if you consume around 2000 a day then that's what your body starts to burn. You can't burn more than you eat and vice versa
4. I think it would depend on if you're trying to lose weight or not. I know if you're trying to lose weight, this would be a good thing because in order to lose pounds you have to burn more than you consume. For example, if you ate 2000 a day and wanted to lose weight, you'd have to exercise and reduce your calorie intake in order to lose weight. If you're not trying to lose weight, you might want to eat a little extra. You aren't eating only 300 calories a day though are you?!
5. When you have insufficient calories for your activities, the extra are taken by your body from your fat reserves. It takes 3500 calories to make one pound of fat. If you were eating 200 calories a day less than you need, then every two weeks or so, you'd lose a pound in weight.
6. You lose weight. Simple as that.
7. Your body burns a certain amount of calories each day whether you exercise or not. We each have what is called a Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). This rate gradually decreases with age. To the BMR you add the total calories used during the day due to all exercise and activity, which gives you your Active Metabolic Rate. I am 6', 170 lbs and 52 years old. My basal metabolic rate is about 1700 calories burned per day. To that number I can add whatever calories I burn during the day due to activity and exercise. That will tell me approximately how many total calories I will burn up in a day. Once you know this number you can eat however many calories you choose in order to lose, gain or maintain your weight. You burn about 3500 more calories than you consume to lose a pound. I have a page posted at my website that explains this further. You can also input your own info to see your own numbers as far as calories used in a day. www.diet-and-exercise-for-health.com/basal-metabolic-rate.html Good health and good luck!