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Originally Posted by cadre
This is wrong. Losing weight can be very unhealthy. Being overweight is also unhealhy but shedding weight very quickly will not help anyone in the long run. 1500-1800 calories per day is probably low also.
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I recently had a body composition performed on me. It indicated that my BMR is just over 1800. I'm about 5'11" and have a lean mass (weight without fat) of around 148lbs. I'm not an entirely big guy, and yet I require around 1800 calories just to keep my system going. My current daily caloric intake is between 2,300 to 2,500. With decent food choices and adequate exercise (3 hours resistance training, 2 hours high-intensity cardio per week, on top of one+ hours of walking per day), I managed to burn 5lbs. of
pure fat in just over 2 months. With that formula, the weight isn't coming back on anytime soon, and I expect it to continue to drop despite hitting 14% body fat.