calorie deficit
Burning more, eating less
A calorie deficit is the state of consuming fewer calories than your body burns, resulting in weight loss over time.
The concept is fundamental to most diet strategies: I've been maintaining a calorie deficit of 500 calories a day.
The opposite is a calorie surplus.
- weight lossReduction in body mass
- body fatLipid tissue stores
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
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- diet goalsweight loss, weight gain, portion control, balanced diet, low carb
- diet termsportion control, low carb, low fat, sugar free, intermittent fasting
- dietingportion control, carb counting, meal planning, meal plans, fat intake
- dietsvegan, ketogenic, vegetarian, keto, Atkins diet
- hungerhunger, hungry, starving, starvation, famished
energy balance direction
calorie deficitcalorie surplus
Intake exceeding expenditure
caloric surplus · overeating · surplus · overconsumption · overfeeding
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