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Daily calorie limit

terridyment
terridyment Posts: 52 Member
edited February 20 in Health and Weight Loss
Curious what everyone has their daily calorie limit set at. I've been going back and forth this past year between 1350 to 1800.

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  • terbusha
    terbusha Posts: 1,483 Member
    What I do and what I recommend to people is to eat at a calorie level that allows you to drop 1-2 lbs/week. This assumes an average calorie burn from you getting in all of your workouts. This will be different for everyone, so you'll have to do some trial and error to figure it out. I'd start ~1600 cal/day. Hit this goal, along with your macros and getting in your workouts, for a week. If you lose 1-2 lbs, you're good to go. If you lose too much, increase your intake and repeat. If you don't lose enough, reduce your intake a bit and repeat. After a few weeks, you'll figure out what works for you in your situation.

    It totally depends on your metabolism. I lose weight pretty well at 1800-2000 calories/day. I know some guys that can lose weight at 2700 cal/day.

    Allan
  • nixxthirteen
    nixxthirteen Posts: 280 Member
    I'm at 1900 and lose 1.5 lbs per week pretty consistently.
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