What’s the difference between eating 1000 calories a day, and eating 1500 calories then burning 500 during workout?

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What’s the difference between eating 1000 calories a day, and eating 1500 calories then burning 500 during workout?

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Answer 1

Your body has a base line of energy consumption (Basel energy) and you have active energy spent when doing things.

However these interact, if you add 500 calories to your active energy expenditure you’d lower your Basel energy expenditure by around 150 calories so you’d gain a little weight.

You’d also gain some muscle and lose some fat and will probably feel a bit better mentally.