Is 2,000 calories low enough to lose weight on?
retro_gamer
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Hi, I ate exactly 2060 calories today and want to know if that's too much for weight loss, I was mostly sedentary today except for a couple hours of some organizational work. I'm almost exactly 200 pounds maybe 202 or 203 pounds. I'm a man and I'm 6'1. Yesterday I ate about 1900 calories but I was even less active that day. I know when I stick to 1500 calories I lose weight a lot faster. 2,000 calories does not seem like a lot of food at all for me but I'm used to eating so little that I don't get bothered.
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Enter your stats into MFP, select sedentary as your activity level, and set for a 1lb per week loss. That will tell you how many calories you should be aiming for.2
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retro_gamer wrote: »Hi, I ate exactly 2060 calories today and want to know if that's too much for weight loss, I was mostly sedentary today except for a couple hours of some organizational work. I'm almost exactly 200 pounds maybe 202 or 203 pounds. I'm a man and I'm 6'1. Yesterday I ate about 1900 calories but I was even less active that day. I know when I stick to 1500 calories I lose weight a lot faster. 2,000 calories does not seem like a lot of food at all for me but I'm used to eating so little that I don't get bothered.
You'll still lose, but not very quickly. Input your stats, but don't have an aggressive goal. You are close enough to your goal weight that the most aggressive goal is not necessarily appropriate.
BTW, at 5'11", 193 lbs, I still lose at about 2200 per day - about a pound per week on average. Just to give you some context.0 -
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retro_gamer wrote: »Alright thanks, I did that and it says 1920 calories to lose 1 pound a week, so I'm over by 140 calories
I wouldn't worry about that so much. You're still under your TDEE and unless you eat exactly the same thing every day, you should just shoot for an average deficit over a week. You won't see it day to day anyway. At your current weight and goal weight expect to fluctuate even week to week. Just stay the course and keep the deficit.0 -
Even the sedentary setting envisions you standing up and walking around for a good 30 minutes a day.
From someone who has done it and who has seen at least three other people he knows do the same (and balloon) it is perfectly possible to underperform the sedentary setting between your computer, your couch, a car, and a drive through.
Until you decide to devote some of your gaming time to some activity that is not sedentary... you will keep spinning your wheels.
In giving this advice I am taking into account some of your previous questions and posts.
And if you are physically unable to increase your activity on your own at this point of time, then i urge you to look into hiring someone who can evaluate your physical abilities and help you design a program that will lead to an increase in activity.
And if you're active you can lose while eating much more than 2000 Cal.
*Nowadays there even exist games that promote physical activity!0
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