The very next step is to set your calories.
This is crucial no matter what you are working towards and especially if you are working towards losing fat.
You see... to lose fat, you must be in a calorie deficit.
That's why it's so important to know our TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure), the amount of energy we expend each day via breathing, moving, eating and exercising.
Once we know this figure, we can then go about creating a calorie deficit
(a calorie deficit is where you consume less calories than your body expends i.e. TDEE).
A sustainable calorie deficit that you can maintain long term, would be around 300-500 calories less than your TDEE figure.
So for example, if your TDEE was 2,000 calories per day, then you would want to consume between 1,500 and 1,700 calories to help you lose fat.
I hope this makes sense?
Should you wish to find out more about your creating a calorie deficit around your TDEE, press play to watch the video below.
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