### Human:\ndoes burning more calories than taking in have a negative effect on weight loss? . i am participating in a weight loss program at a local gym and am a team leader. was asked by a participant why they can't get past a plateau. calorie intake is around 900 - 1100 calories have a moderate active life style and burn about 600 calories during exercise 5-6 days a week. they had good losses until recently. can routinely burning more calories than taking in have a negative impact in weight loss?\n\n### Assistant: if you are overweight then there is no negative effects of this but if you are average weight person then it will surely cause some negative effects.