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calorie deficit petite women needing <1300

sweetieee
sweetieee Posts: 2
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi
I'm 5'1 and have a very small frame. I have calculated that I need 1275 cals a day. I'm trying to lose some weight that I recently put on, but I am confused regarding the calorie deficit. If I maintain a 300 - 500/day deficit I will be below 1200 net cals which everyone agrees that is not good for weight loss. Can someone please shed some light on this?

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  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    age, weight, height, body fat percent if you know it. Also, do you work out?

    I hate it when people make blanket statements about 1200 cals or whatever stupid blanket statement people make. Since it sounds like you are relatively small, you will probably need to stick with no more than a 20% reduction from your TDEE. Note that TDEE is more than BMR.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    . If I maintain a 300 - 500/day deficit I will be below 1200 net cals which everyone agrees that is not good for weight loss. Can someone please shed some light on this?
    You may well need to be below 1200 if you have a low BMR on account of your height etc and are looking for a decent loss rate.

    What was your 1275 ? your BMR ?
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