Eric Roberts explains that a calorie deficit isn't a fixed number but a range. If your maintenance is 2,200 calories, a 1,700 target still allows occasional days at 1,800-2,000 without losing progress. One high day shouldn't trigger guilt or a binge cycle.
If you didn't know this about a calorie deficit, it's gonna be a game changer for you, especially the next time you overeat. Your calorie deficit isn't just one number, and let me explain. A calorie deficit just means you're eating less calories than what your body burns to lose weight. So if let's just say your calorie deficit number is 1,700 calories and your maintenance calories are 2,200 calories, If one day you end up eating 1,800 or 1,900 or 2,000 calories, not only did you not ruin all of your progress, you're still in a calorie deficit. It's just a little bit of a smaller one. That's what she said. So if you go a couple hundred calories over, stop freaking out and feeling guilty, and stop using that as a reason for you to say, Oh well, I already ruined all my progress for the day. I might as well keep going. No, you didn't ruin any progress, so stop beating yourself up. Just get right back on track and keep going. And if you want more help finding out what your calorie deficit is, just click the link in my bio.
