Which is Right 1500 cal or 2500? Need to lose 65lbs

fatguy2013
fatguy2013 Posts: 12
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I went to other forums to ask, but they are pretty much @ssholes there that give you an attitude with their answers.

MFP says for me to lose 2lbs a week to I need to be at 1580 x day.

A bodybuilding forum says my BMR is 2300 and eating that low is only setting me up for failure and crashing the diet and I should start at 2700 to 2500 a day.

My stats:

MALE 31 Years old 5'4" 262 lbs

My question is, what would be wrong with eating 1500 calories a day?

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  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    I went to other forums to ask, but they are pretty much there that give you an attitude with their answers.

    MFP says for me to lose 2lbs a week to I need to be at 1580 x day.

    A bodybuilding forum says my BMR is 2300 and eating that low is only setting me up for failure and crashing the diet and I should start at 2700 to 2500 a day.

    My stats:

    MALE 31 Years old 5'4" 262 lbs

    My question is, what would be wrong with eating 1500 calories a day?
    Nothing, for a couple of months. I ate 1400 for a couple months on a doctors advice and lost 2 lbs/week. I'm 5'-7"
  • fatguy2013
    fatguy2013 Posts: 12
    I went to other forums to ask, but they are pretty much there that give you an attitude with their answers.

    MFP says for me to lose 2lbs a week to I need to be at 1580 x day.

    A bodybuilding forum says my BMR is 2300 and eating that low is only setting me up for failure and crashing the diet and I should start at 2700 to 2500 a day.

    My stats:

    MALE 31 Years old 5'4" 262 lbs

    My question is, what would be wrong with eating 1500 calories a day?
    Nothing, for a couple of months. I ate 1400 for a couple months on a doctors advice and lost 2 lbs/week. I'm 5'-7"

    Thats what I assumed. I just wanna lose up to 10lbs a month for the first 3 to 4 months and slow down to 1.5 lbs per week after that.

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