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should i go below 1200?

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  • tugers2
    tugers2 Posts: 139
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    1600 is a good maintenance if your goal weight is 160 lbs.

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    idk... calorie calculator tell me that a little to no exercise would have me at 135lbs ( my goal ) with a 1613 calories for maintenance
  • bobbybdoe
    bobbybdoe Posts: 472 Member
    GEI2
  • cmeade20
    cmeade20 Posts: 1,238 Member
    I weight 112 lbs and I eat 1600-1800 cals a day. You can and probably should eat more.
  • biged95
    biged95 Posts: 3 Member
    Not without a doctor telling you to and supervising you. It is very unhealthy and can cause a lot of issues.
  • Bobby_Clerici
    Bobby_Clerici Posts: 1,828 Member
    Try dropping to 120 per day. Ten times less should really get the fat melting off and since starvation is a myth, it's not an issue.
    Yea, right...lol
    Sometimes less is more. It's not a race, so why not go with what MFP recommends?
    Good luck whatever you decide.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    thanx everyone im still losing at 1200 just starting to slow down... im thinking once i get about 15lbs away from my goal im gonna up my cals to aqround 1600 anyways just to ease into my maintain calories at goal

    There is a group called "Eat More to Weigh Less" that a lot of people in your situation end up joining. I'm part of fit. I was losing 1 lb a week at 1200 calories a week...I upped to NETTING 1650 and lost 1 lb a week. Definitely do not go lower, definitely unhealthy thoughts there.
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