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Originally Posted by misskimothy
They are eating 1200 calories a day. The 6000 to burn most likely includes their BMR as measured by their bodybuggs. The resting BMR for someone like Shay at 400 plus pounds is at least 2800 calories. They have to burn the difference which is 3200 calories. This means a deficit of 2000 calories a day (3200 less 1200 intake)
I think based on how the show works that this is what they are doing. It just sounds better if they say 6000.
You're right they say 6000 because that's just how the bodybugg tells you your overall burn number to aim for. You have to include BMR. Yes, Shay would have to burn 3,200 calories on top of her 2,800 to reach 6000 burned (Burned and deficit not being the same thing) so Shays 2,000 target would be a 3,100 target at my weight for example if I wanted to arrive at the same deficit, but that's not quite how bodybugg sets it up. It looks more like this:
Calories Burned (including BMR) - Calories Consumed = Calorie Balance (deficit)
6000 - 1200 = 4,800 deficit (which I think comes to somewhere to like 9.6 pounds per week they are aiming for in this example?) (4,800 x 7 = 33,600 / 3,500 = 9.6)
I also use a bodybugg and my burn Target is 3000 eating 1500 calories for 3lb/week, which is pretty aggressive already... I can't imagine aiming for double that!