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Recommended Calories

slogan63
slogan63 Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am a male who is trying to lose weight. My fitness pal consistently tells me to eat below 1400 calories per day. I thought that men were not supposed to go under 1400. Thoughts?

Rick

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  • RangerRN507
    RangerRN507 Posts: 124 Member
    Depends a lot on you as an individual man, and how much you train. for example if I ate 2800 Calories a day I would lose weight and I want to sustain my current 200lb size because going lower means I would lose muscle but I also train 6 days a week doing a double-split routine training every muscle twice a week and 2-3 hours of cardio...so to give a master blast answer would be wrong...more details are needed to assess your needs.
  • asdowe13
    asdowe13 Posts: 1,951 Member
    More information is needed.

    for starters

    Age
    height
    current weight

    Some light reading to get you started.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/833026-important-posts-to-read
  • Saramelie
    Saramelie Posts: 308 Member
    You must be set at 2 pounds per week, and\or 1400 might be your net (meaning that you should eat the calories you burn while exercising, over your 1400)?? It seems really low for a man.

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