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    NEED HELP WITH WORKING OUT HOW MANY CALORIES I NEED..

    Posts: 137
    edited January 11 in Health and Weight Loss
    HI all,


    I'm slightly confused with all the numbers etc

    I worked out my BMR (1450) .

    And i have come to the conclusion that i must eat 1600 cals a day and burn off 500 through exercise to lose weight..

    Am i right?

    Thanks x

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    • Posts: 108 Member
      You'll need to NET at least your BMR. So if you were to do 500 cals of exercise, you'd need to eat at least 1950cals.
    • Posts: 137
      That sounds like way too much :(
    • Posts: 1,837 Member
      Since the BMR that you arrive at by standardized calculations is an average, not your specific BMR, I think you should concern yourself mainly with NEVER dropping under 1200 calories net per day.
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