1500 calories...Too Much or Too Little?

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  • savithny
    savithny Posts: 1,200 Member
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    Is it too high? It's calculated based on what you asked for - 2 pounds a week. The math says you can probably eat that much and lose 2 pounds a week. They're not going to "lowball" the actual math.

    What they DO lowball is people's expectations on how much you can or should try to lose per week. People come on and say "I want to lose 50 pounds by next Tuesday! Why can't I set it for 5 or 10 pounds per week?" THAT is where the "lowballing" happens, because the calculations are based on reasonable expectations of how long it takes to lose weight.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
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    I personally can't do anything lower than 1800 or I end up in a binge and ruin the deficit for the week.

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