Calorie deficit from eating vs Calorie deficit from exercise

[bdomihizayka]

is calorie deficit from eating vs calorie deficit from exercise equivalent in terms of risk to muscle loss?

For example... is eating 2000 calories and burning 400 off through exercise less safe than just eating 1600 w/o exercise in terms of muscle loss?

[Delgod]

is calorie deficit from eating vs calorie deficit from exercise equivalent in terms of risk to muscle loss?

For example... is eating 2000 calories and burning 400 off through exercise less safe than just eating 1600 w/o exercise in terms of muscle loss?

no its safer to workout

its signaling to your body you require that muscle to perform your daily activities.

your body tries to hold on to as much muscle so you can still do what is needed

[Tommy W.]

They're each ok to a point. Once the intake of calories get to low and you can't get proper nutrition then exercise takes over as the preferred mode of the defecit.

[jch254]

I eat around 1800cal, I do about an hour of weight training 5x week (not sure how many cal this burns) and run 6KM four times a week and 12km twice per week. When running 12KM I'm burning 900 cal, so if I ate 1800 cal one 12KM day, ran 12KM, then my daily total would only be 900cal right? So should I eat more on days where I'm exercising more? Cheers.

[xK3rune]

I eat around 1800cal, I do about an hour of weight training 5x week (not sure how many cal this burns) and run 6KM four times a week and 12km twice per week. When running 12KM I'm burning 900 cal, so if I ate 1800 cal one 12KM day, ran 12KM, then my daily total would only be 900cal right? So should I eat more on days where I'm exercising more? Cheers.

Exactly. Give or take maybe 300 for the weight training might be safe, Idk could use more input. But yeah, say ur maintenance is 1800, if u run for 900cals worth, it'd be 2700 instead. Ur deficit should be at 2200 or so, and if u want a surplus then 3200.

[jch254]

Ah great, I run 6KM 4x week so that burns around 450cal, then my weight training, which is a five day split (legs, chest, back, arms, shoulders) and abs every second day, usually lasts for about an hour, 5-6 different exercises, 4 sets of 8-10 reps. For five weeks I've been having 1800 of food each day, no matter how much exercise I do, sometimes if I've run over 10KM I might have ~2000cal but that's the highest I've gone. It's working nicely. Dropped 16lb in the last five weeks, and always trying to get loads of protein!

[Innerpeace32]

is calorie deficit from eating vs calorie deficit from exercise equivalent in terms of risk to muscle loss?

For example... is eating 2000 calories and burning 400 off through exercise less safe than just eating 1600 w/o exercise in terms of muscle loss?

If you lift weights you will lose less muscle during a cut.