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  • texanintokyo
    texanintokyo Posts: 278 Member
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  • chokospice
    chokospice Posts: 3 Member
    I have just started this method and while I'm doing it, I'm wondering why it makes sense to eat my BMR. If MFP had me set to 1200 calories before the change, why can't I just eat under that in order to make a deficit. For example, I am 183 pounds, BMR is 1583 and maintenance is 1880. If I eat 1100 calories and exercise, shouldn't I still lose weight just fine?
  • kikkipoo
    kikkipoo Posts: 292 Member
    In short, yes....but smaller people need to have a larger deficit than 1200 calories creates in order to meet their weight loss goal. And if you exercise hard then you need more fuel for your body than 1200 so that's why the recommendation is made to eat your BMR and create the deficit through exercise. It's becuase even though I tell MFP I want to lose 2 pounds a week, it won't give me a calorie amount less than 1200 so I can only hope at best to lose 1.5 at 1200.
  • chokospice
    chokospice Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you for responding. I guess I need to stick to the pre-set goals because I ended up gaining weight this week. :(
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