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1800 calories to lose 1lb a week

Becca21
Becca21 Posts: 361 Member
edited February 10 in Getting Started
Hiya
im 5ft2 209lb
set my goals up and mfp says 1800 cals a day it seems so much.
ill be doing in sanity mon-saturday and im traning for a 10k starting off with short 10 min runs to build it up.
is 1800 calories without exercise Okay it just seems a awful lot. with people only doing 1200 calories.

Thanks for any advice

Replies

  • blably
    blably Posts: 490 Member
    people who are aeating 1200 are new, want a rapid loss, but dont know much about all together.

    1800 combined with insanity is low as it is,

    tryy zto net atleast 1500.
  • Becca21
    Becca21 Posts: 361 Member
    Thank you
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