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benjamin380
benjamin380 Posts: 30 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
May I propose a new system? :smile:

( f = female / m = male ) (numbers = calories)

BMR BY AGE AND GENDER
AGE / F / M
20: 2500, 3000
30: 2250, 2700
40: 2025, 2430
50: 1822, 2187
60: 1639, 1968
70: 1475, 1771
80: 1327, 1593
90: 1194, 1433
100: 1074, 1289

THAT is how it SHOULD be. IMHO.
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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    benjamin380 wrote: »
    Almost everyone can lose weight on 2000 calories a day, sometimes I eat 2500 calories a day, and still lose weight, even without doing so much exercise.

    Well, this should be interesting.

    Too lazy to find a popcorn gif. Imagine your favorite here.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    diannethegeek wrote: »
    benjamin380 wrote: »
    Almost everyone can lose weight on 2000 calories a day, sometimes I eat 2500 calories a day, and still lose weight, even without doing so much exercise.

    Well, this should be interesting.

    Too lazy to find a popcorn gif. Imagine your favorite here.


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  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
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    This explains why there aren't any young obese people.

    Oh, wait.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
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    May I ask where you got all these random numbers from? Besides pulling them out of your *kitten*?
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    benjamin380 wrote: »
    If 2000 calories is enough for most people to lose weight on, then 2500, and 3000, must be at least closer to the truth. If you didnt notice the pattern, your daily calorie needs drop by 10% every 10 years

    Again, where are you getting this information?
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    edited September 2015
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  • JamestheLiar
    JamestheLiar Posts: 148 Member
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    I've never heard the 2000 calorie rule. Is it a religious thing?
  • mirrim52
    mirrim52 Posts: 763 Member
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    Wait...BMR? So you are saying that these are the calories just to exist lying in bed all day?
    And a 5'0" 100 lb woman has the same BMR as a 5'10" 200 lb woman as long as they are in the same decade?
    I have to work my butt off (literally) to be able to maintain at 2000 calories.
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    mirrim52 wrote: »
    Wait...BMR? So you are saying that these are the calories just to exist lying in bed all day?
    And a 5'0" 100 lb woman has the same BMR as a 5'10" 200 lb woman as long as they are in the same decade?
    I have to work my butt off (literally) to be able to maintain at 2000 calories.

    Right? I'm 32, 5'8" and my TDEE (as determined through good logging, trial & error, and math) is right about where this chart predicts my BMR to be. Even if I assume that @benjamin380 has BMR and TDEE confused, a smaller woman of my age isn't going to burn the same amount.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
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    Ya, the whole idea falls apart rather quickly, starting with misuse of term BMR when TDEE or actually the deficit eating goal was meant.

    2nd post proclaiming experiment of N=1 should apply to everyone kind of seals the deal that this isn't for everyone.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
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    Cool story Bro.

    I'm a 5'4 FEMALE and 24 years old.

    My BMR as measured in a clinical setting (you know, not just pulled out of a random poster's @ss) Is 1356.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
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    rainbowbow wrote: »
    Cool story Bro.

    I'm a 5'4 FEMALE and 24 years old.

    My BMR as measured in a clinical setting (you know, not just pulled out of a random poster's @ss) Is 1356.

    Just FYI - if hooked up to gas exchange mask while sitting there - that was RMR test, not BMR - they are different.

    BMR would have been sleeping overnight in research facility- they would have snuck in to room, possibly waked you a tad while they put a hood over your head, and let you go back to sleep, while they measured your O2 CO2 levels.

    RMR can be effected by eating too little, people cause it to adapt slower all the time - BMR not so much.
    Both of course effected by amount of LBM.

    Your results certainly do highlight though why he can't be talking about BMR really, way too off.

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