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I have no idea how much I should be eating!

jennagoogles13
jennagoogles13 Posts: 266
edited January 23 in Food and Nutrition
I know for a fact I'm not eating enough. I average about 1200 calories a day, and burn about 200-400 a day. My BMR is 1474 and my TDEE is 2274. I'm seriously afraid that if I start increasing my calories I will gain back the 20+ pounds I've lost. How much should I be eating if I only have 2 more pounds to go?

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  • Lorix94
    Lorix94 Posts: 108 Member
    If you don't eat enough your body will stop to lose fat. It will drain all the calories you eat trying to store'em as fat.
    This is because it needs some fat.
    So if your TDEE is 2274 you can't really eat at least just an half the calories you need, it will be counter-productive.
    Keep eating good stuff (but eat a lot of good suff) cause non-junk food makes you more full than regular food, and than burn some cals with cardio.
    If you want some accurate info search for "Plaeau" and "Afterburn-effect"
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