2000 calorie diet?

ImAJH
ImAJH Posts: 392 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello all,

I'm meant to have 2500 calories a day? My question is would just eating 2000 calories or less (Around 1500) make me lose weight gradually? I'm 18, 185 pounds and 5"11. I go to the Gym 5 times a week and do intense Cardio / Weightlifting.

Thanks in advance!

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  • logg1e
    logg1e Posts: 1,208 Member
    ("Lose").
  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
    I'd start with 2000 calories and see how you respond. If you go straight to 1500 calories you won't have any room left to reduce them if you start to stall.
  • ImAJH
    ImAJH Posts: 392 Member
    I see, thanks will start at 2000 then.
  • PJPrimrose
    PJPrimrose Posts: 916 Member
    My DH started at 2000 and is losing fine. It's a decent start for guys.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    I'd start with 2000 calories and see how you respond. If you go straight to 1500 calories you won't have any room left to reduce them if you start to stall.

    You exercise more to burn more overall calories when weight stalls.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    I'd start with 2000 calories and see how you respond. If you go straight to 1500 calories you won't have any room left to reduce them if you start to stall.

    I have a question for vismal since you lost 116. You clearly did it. Was your journey very stress to like make sure everything is logged in. Weight stalls how you handle it. Every changes workouts to trick your body out of a plateau.
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    I'd start with 2000 calories and see how you respond. If you go straight to 1500 calories you won't have any room left to reduce them if you start to stall.

    You exercise more to burn more overall calories when weight stalls.

    What are you even talking about? The OP is already at a healthy weight for his height. A 500 calorie deficit is a 1 lb per week loss, and a small deficit with a goal of 0.5-1lb per week is appropriate. Starting with the small deficit gives him room to tweak slightly. As you lose weight, you are supposed to minimize your deficit and lose more slowly, because as your weight goes down, so does the wiggle room between TDEE and BMR. Your body simply can't handle large deficits the closer you are to goal. You're not supposed to try to create larger and larger deficits as you go along.

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