Losing weight by eating less than your BMR?

Radnt1
Radnt1 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
If I intend to lose 2 lb/week, should I eat as many calories as my BMR, or less than?

e.g my BMR is 1600 cals. I'm eating approx. 1300 cals/day.
Am I doing this right?

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  • misnomer1
    misnomer1 Posts: 646 Member
    No. Eat net calories at BMR or above IMO.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,451 Member
    Mfp sedentary is 1.25 * BMR. a 20% deficit before exercise calories are taken into account brings you to BMR.

    Unless you're obese where a 25% deficit might be acceptable (in other words not too much) it would be unlikely that eating less than BMR would not mean that you're creating an overly aggressive deficit.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,086 Member
    If you're under 200lbs, you shouldn't be trying to lose 2lbs a week. 1lbs to 1.5lbs a week is just fine.

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