Just to make sure I'm doing it right....1200 cals

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  • Horrorphoto
    Horrorphoto Posts: 7
    Don't starve yourself. 1200 is probably way too low for every single day, but some days it's going to be fine if you're not hungry enough to eat more.

    I'm not usually hungry by the end of the day so that's good. As I said earlier, the only thing I've cut out was the snacks I had when I was bored, not really hungry.
  • longtimeterp
    longtimeterp Posts: 614 Member
    Typically horrible advice given here.

    Your margins are going to be exceptionally small. And you are dealing with rough estimates of your TDEE. These calculators cannot and do not account for everything though they are pretty accurate. But when someone tells you to eat within 100-200 calories of your TDEE, be very skeptical.

    This is because there is significant difficulty in getting your eating right down to the calorie. And if you eat just a bit over without realizing it and your calculated TDEE Is off by a small amount, then you aren't going to lose.

    Give yourself some room. Don't buy the hype about starvation mode or the like. As a small person, with a small total daily energy expenditure, you are not going to see flashing red lights if you dip below that magic 1200 number. This is not to say that you should stop eating. It's just to say that any people who tell you to eat at such close proximity to your TDEE are ignoring human and system error, and they are setting you up for failure. In a controlled environment with perfect data, they may be correct. But that is not the system in which you will operate.

    I want to hit the like button on this post! Thumps up

    i want to hit the DISLIKE button on both of these!

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