21/06/2020
The easiest way to ensure you eat fewer calories
than you burn is, of course, to eat very little. If you
have an apple for breakfast, a small salad for lunch, a
piece of toast for dinner and nothing else, you can be
pretty sure you're maintaining a calorie deficit. But
you'll also be miserable with hunger and a lack of
energy.
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The optimal calorie deficit is large enough to
stimulate steady fat loss, but not so large that you're
always hungry and lethargic. Avoiding a calorie
deficit that is too large is even more important for
athletes, who need to keep their muscles well-fueled
for training. The calorie deficit "sweet spot" for
athletes is 300 to 500 calories per day!
