This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »
Moosepantspatty · 31-35, M
Honest question. If your burning 1500, and want to burn 2500, how much are you currently intaking?
Sweetspice · 26-30, F
@Moosepantspatty like 1000 calories a day
Moosepantspatty · 31-35, M
@Sweetspice 😭 thats really not good. How tall are you. Your body needs to have its basal metabolic rate met before trying to lose weight.
Tatsumi · 31-35, M
@Moosepantspatty Ahh, really good point. I totally missed that. You only want a 15%-25% caloric deficit, max. Which means 15%-25% of your [BMR x activity equation]
@Sweetspice
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
Whereas, your caloric deficit is like 150%-200%. That's far, far, far too much, and your body will not be able to keep that up. It'll start eating muscle and eventually organs to make the energy, if you keep that up. Even if you're morbidly obese, that's far too much.
If you're not morbidly obese, then you want to aim for 2 pounds lost per week, at maximum. If you are, then aiming a bit higher would outweigh the risks.
Though. I wonder if you're really burning 1,500. I lift hella heavy weights for an hour, and I only burn 400.
@Sweetspice
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
Whereas, your caloric deficit is like 150%-200%. That's far, far, far too much, and your body will not be able to keep that up. It'll start eating muscle and eventually organs to make the energy, if you keep that up. Even if you're morbidly obese, that's far too much.
If you're not morbidly obese, then you want to aim for 2 pounds lost per week, at maximum. If you are, then aiming a bit higher would outweigh the risks.
Though. I wonder if you're really burning 1,500. I lift hella heavy weights for an hour, and I only burn 400.
Sweetspice · 26-30, F
Your right but I'm trying to lose weight fast. Its easy im.not starving myself just eating healthy and workoing out longer
Moosepantspatty · 31-35, M
@Sweetspice your also doing it in a very dangerous way. Not meeting your BMR means you are not only lacking the nutrition your body needs to simply operate (aka, just sleeping for 24hrs), you are putting your body into a nutritional deficit by working off everything you intake in a day. Yes, youll see pounds fall off in days, but you are effectively starving yourself, and that will result in ketosis, and muscle deterioration, particularly of the heart.