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Cals

kerrbear20
kerrbear20 Posts: 20 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
someone gave me advise to -'eat as many net cals as my BMR'

Can someone please explain what this means.

I have set my cal goal to 1200, my BMR is 1712 and i work out about 600 every other day.

Ta

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  • blasiansrus
    blasiansrus Posts: 151
    your bmr is the calories your body needs just to function daily if you just laid in bed all day. If your bmr is ~1700 then you should eat at least 1700 cals in a day. 1200 is too low for a majority of people on this site & might cause you to plateau (quit losing weight) quickly. They're saying you should eat 2300cals in a day so after you've worked off the 600, you're left with a NET of 1700 or your bmr.
  • kerrbear20
    kerrbear20 Posts: 20 Member
    Thanks Tina

    I have plateaued for so long now, maybe this will be the kick start i need. :smile:
  • blasiansrus
    blasiansrus Posts: 151
    You're welcome! Hope everything works out :)
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