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Originally Posted by Darth Pooh  Hey Guys,
I was on the BL website last night because I wanted to see what Neill looked like after I had fallen asleep on Tuesday night. I saw there were tips from Bob and stuff about minimum calorie intake for the day and it should be at least what your RMR is.
I find that to be a little weird but who knows... I guess I am asking because I am 6' even, 203 lbs, and 28 years old. It says my RMR according to several sites is about 1930. I take in anywhere from 1800 - 2000 calories a day. I work out 5 days a week and my work outs vary from 700 - 850 calories (according to my Polar Heart Monitor). I calculate a daily deficit of around 1300 calories on days that I do work out and 550 on days that I don't. Which equates into a 2lb a week weightloss. Irony is, I am not losing 2 lbs a week. Ah well, just wondered if anyone heard of the eat at least your RMR. Btw, I never calculate the thermogenic (sp?) effect of foods into my daily calories. |
I've gone well below my BMR when
dieting. But it's probably a good rule to throw out there due to the simple fact that many people
diet too aggressively and this nets out to a lack of progress once the psychological factors of it all are accounted for.
The fact that you aren't losing what your said caloric deficit suggests you should be losing isn't ironic in the least.
You've got things like:
*you're working with a lot of estimates
*metabolic rate is adaptive in nature
*you don't ONLY lose
fat while
dieting
Etc, etc.
