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kscherer
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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2021-01-27, 16:06

Well, you can work out all you want so long as you maintain that deficit. Every calorie you take in over your maintenance level (which varies from person) must be burnt off or it's converted to fat. So, if you need 2000 calories for maintenance, and you take in 2500, then you have to find a way to burn off 500 calories to avoid gaining roughly .25 pounds of fat.

Interesting tidbit: The reason the recommended number of daily steps is 10,000 is that 10,000 steps burns roughly 400-500 calories, and the average American eats about 500 calories more than they need each day.

So, those 10,000 steps are what we need just to maintain weight, not to lose it! If you want to lose weight in America, then you need to eat less or exercise more while still getting those 10,000 steps.

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