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1200 Net?

OutsideCreativ
OutsideCreativ Posts: 143 Member
edited February 14 in Health and Weight Loss
When we say 1200 calories are bad... are we saying 1200 net is an unhealthy goal? Or people who eat 1200 gross and exercise but don't eat anything back.

I am 5'4", 189 lbs... when I said I wanted to lose 2 lbs a week... MFP put me at 1220 calories... (?)

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  • obsidianwings
    obsidianwings Posts: 1,237 Member
    When we say 1200 calories are bad... are we saying 1200 net is an unhealthy goal? Or people who eat 1200 gross and exercise but don't eat anything back.

    I am 5'4", 189 lbs... when I said I wanted to lose 2 lbs a week... MFP put me at 1220 calories... (?)
    1200 is typically the smallest amount you would want to net, for health reasons (as a guide for the overall population I mean, individually speaking you shouldn't be eating below your BMR), but most people can lose weight eating quite a lot more than that.
  • OutsideCreativ
    OutsideCreativ Posts: 143 Member
    Thank you!
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