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Simple Weight Loss Revealed

benflando
benflando Posts: 193
edited January 22 in Health and Weight Loss
Fat loss can only come in a calorie deficit. A calorie deficit from what? Your maintenance calories. Meaning the amount of calories you can consume without gaining weight. This is a varying number. Go 7 days and try to find out what calories make you stay the same weight. These will probably be higher than you think. When you find your maintenance calories, subtract 200-500 calories from that depending on your goals. This is how you lose weight.

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  • StacyCond
    StacyCond Posts: 13 Member
    General calculation for calories needed to maintain:

    Current weight * 12 = Calorie Estimate

    Subtract 500 calories from the estimate to lose 1lb/week, 1000 calories from the estimate to lose 2lbs/week. But don't go below 1,200 calories (for women at least).

    Not a new 'revelation'. Sorry bud.
  • RoseTears143
    RoseTears143 Posts: 1,121 Member
    It's easier than that to find your TDEE though. Instead of guessing by going a few days trying to guage how much you can eat without gaining or losing an ounce (which can be a crap shoot), use the harrison-benedict formula or the st jeor equation.
  • jmadams111
    jmadams111 Posts: 145 Member
    I started by cutting portions in half, long before I ever heard of MFP. Hurt at first, but it worked!
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