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BMR 1,546

xXmimiXx
xXmimiXx Posts: 564 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
My BMR is 1,546...I'm getting paranoid, because I put in on here I wanted to lose 2lbs a week and it gave me a calorie allowance of 1200.......................

is this correct? or am i eating too many calories?!

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  • xXmimiXx
    xXmimiXx Posts: 564 Member
    My BMR is 1,546...I'm getting paranoid, because I put in on here I wanted to lose 2lbs a week and it gave me a calorie allowance of 1200.......................

    is this correct? or am i eating too many calories?!
  • abillings9
    abillings9 Posts: 165
    This is a good question, I'm confused about the BMR too. They set mine at 1296 and set my cals at 1200.
  • omid990
    omid990 Posts: 785 Member
    actually, because you don't have that much weight to lose, 1200 might not be enough. its the absolute minimum a person can eat without going into starvation mode.
  • PedalHound
    PedalHound Posts: 1,625 Member
    What you should look at is what your maintenance calories are. You can find that on your goals page. If you reduce that number by 500 cals a day that's a lb a week. When you don't have much to lose you shouldn't really go over that or your system will suffer. Just because you CAN set it for 2lbs a week doesn't mean you SHOULD. :wink:
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