Question: does “eat less than you burn” mean the amount of calories i eat today should be lower than my TOTAL calories burned? (i.e. resting + active calories)

I am a 25y (F) and i weigh 183lbs. I’ve been counting my calories and macros and exercising 4-5 days a week (ranging from walking 10,000+ steps a day, weight lifting, playing tennis) consistently for the last month and a half.

I have an apple watch and i count my calories and macros using Lifesum. I know the watch and the app are not super great at calculating my activity levels, calories burned etc. but it helps me motivate myself to workout and eat well. It also gives me a good general idea of how many calories i burn a day and how many calories i take in each day.

I just want to know if the concept of “eating less than you burn” means taking in less calories than your total calories burned. On the apple watch you can see your total calories burned on your Activity app on your iPhone and i have been using that number and subtracting that by the number of calories i ate that day (as stated on Lifesum). I use this number to determine if i was in a caloric deficit today or not.

Please let me know if i’m doing this right. Any advice would be helpful!

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