Calorie vs BMR
I used bmi-calculator.net to get another prediction of BMR, because 1200 calories a day is a low number--doable, but I'm in this for fitness, not starvation--and I got a number of 2300 calories per day (27y0/5'3"/155lbs, exercise at least 5 days a week >30 min). Then the site suggests a good place to start is either a 20%…