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post 1636926003 04-23-2021, 01:38 PM
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How many calories do you need a day?

1,200 or 2,000 calories?
post 1636926463 04-23-2021, 01:44 PM
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Depends, probably about 300 - 15000.
post 1636926693 04-23-2021, 01:47 PM
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Depends on goals/lifestyle. Most people should be capping out at 2000 absolute max due to all the sedentariness in modern life. Some even a bit lower. Active people can probably do a bit more.

But for miscers like you op, I recommend exactly 350 Calories a day
post 1636926703 04-23-2021, 01:47 PM
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If you're maintaining on less than 3000 calories you aren't working hard enough
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post 1636926893 04-23-2021, 01:50 PM
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post 1636927053 04-23-2021, 01:52 PM
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350 calorie, 3.5 times a day
post 1636927463 04-23-2021, 01:57 PM
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post 1636927703 04-23-2021, 01:59 PM
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12 X Target Body Weight = Daily Calories Needed.

Example - 12 X 200 = 2,400 Calories.
post 1636927753 04-23-2021, 02:00 PM
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post 1636927853 04-23-2021, 02:01 PM
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post 1636928133 04-23-2021, 02:04 PM
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post 1636928283 04-23-2021, 02:06 PM
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2000
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post 1636928643 04-23-2021, 02:11 PM
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2000 to maintain
post 1636928813 04-23-2021, 02:13 PM
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I feel my metabolism is ****ed. When I was 190lbs I was eating a chicken breast and a cup of milk for the entire day. I wasn’t gaining weight or losing it. I’ve gained 60lbs after and lost them, the amount of food I have to eat to lose weight is downright criminal. Literally have to starve myself with 1400 calories to lose 1lbs a week @ 260lbs
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post 1636929313 04-23-2021, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted By Merc009⏩
I feel my metabolism is ****ed. When I was 190lbs I was eating a chicken breast and a cup of milk for the entire day. I wasn’t gaining weight or losing it. I’ve gained 60lbs after and lost them, the amount of food I have to eat to lose weight is downright criminal. Literally have to starve myself with 1400 calories to lose 1lbs a week @ 260lbs
Are you weighing and measuring your food? if not, your probably way off. If you just drop a standard serving size into your calorie calculator you will always underestimate by a large amount.
post 1636929463 04-23-2021, 02:22 PM
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I wither away at lightspeed for anything less than 3k a day. I could go from 190 to 180 in 1 week tops on 1400 to 2000 a day.
post 1636929543 04-23-2021, 02:23 PM
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bout 75 million daily
post 1636930103 04-23-2021, 02:30 PM
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For a calorie deficit you must burn more calories a day than you consume
post 1636930143 04-23-2021, 02:31 PM
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post 1636930183 04-23-2021, 02:32 PM
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post 1636930693 04-23-2021, 02:40 PM
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Not as many as this site would think
post 1636931183 04-23-2021, 02:48 PM
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I've been eatling 4000 not including alochol
post 1636931263 04-23-2021, 02:49 PM
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more than you can afford, pal
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post 1636931543 04-23-2021, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted By GordonXXX⏩
12 X Target Body Weight = Daily Calories Needed.

Example - 12 X 200 = 2,400 Calories.
Wow I never knew this. It gets me close to the number that you have to use on those TDEE sites where you have to enter your age and height and everything. But this is much simpler.
post 1636931573 04-23-2021, 02:53 PM
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I’d die on 1,200

2000-2100 is my maintenance
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post 1636931723 04-23-2021, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted By lawlessly⏩
If you're maintaining on less than 3000 calories you aren't working hard enough
This TBH. I'm cutting RN (~1.5# a week averaged over 7 weeks) on like 2k-2,500/day depending if it's a training day or not. JFL @ sub 3k maintenancecels.
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post 1636933253 04-23-2021, 03:17 PM
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I maintain on 5k, misc is small
post 1636934003 04-23-2021, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted By IronFeta⏩
Most people should be capping out at 2000 absolute max due to all the sedentariness in modern life. Some even a bit lower.
2000? lmao at officecels.
post 1636934363 04-23-2021, 03:36 PM
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