TheDarkDefender
Member
Hey all,
I have a few questions that I'm struggleing to make sense of, as it seems there is a huge amount of contradictory information posted all over the net.
Heres my stats...
5ft 5"
60kg
waist 30/32
BMI 21.3
33yo
According to the guide lines posted in this sections sticky... my resting BMR is 1489.46.
Then I am to multiply this by my level of activity... Let's say I'm lazy and don't do any exercise, this means I multiply by the lowest of 1.2 gives me a maintenance level of 1786...
Now according to the same calculator a male should NEVER drop below 1800 calories ever as this is dangerous and causes muscle loss and lack of nutrients?
Really, because the calculator just told me that to simply maintain my weight I need to eat less than 1800 otherwise I will actually put on weight?
Now if I want to lose weight, I'd need to drop 500/1000 from my daily maintenance level...
Let's say I drop the minimum amount of 500 calories, this is recommended to lose apx 1/2lb to a 1lb a week...
However, that contradicts the previous statement that a man should never drop below 1800 calories on a diet?
This 1280 caloric intake will allow me to only eat the minimum daily caloric intake of that of a woman, and will only allow me to only lose half a lb to a lb a week? what if I wanted to lose 2lb a week?
This means that a diet of any kind is not healthy or recomended for me at all and even just maintaining my current weight is dangerous and not recomended? Really?
How can a male, whose stats state his BMR is 1786 lose weight, when the study's all state I should NEVER drop below 1800? If I eat 1800 I'll actually put weight on as that's ABOVE my BMR that THEY state I am?
Can anyone actually confirm what I should be eating (Calorie wise) as a male to lose weight, bearing in mind my BMR is 1786 and those who calculate my BMR state I should not drop below 1800 as a male? :-/
This makes no sense to me?
Help
I have a few questions that I'm struggleing to make sense of, as it seems there is a huge amount of contradictory information posted all over the net.
Heres my stats...
5ft 5"
60kg
waist 30/32
BMI 21.3
33yo
According to the guide lines posted in this sections sticky... my resting BMR is 1489.46.
Then I am to multiply this by my level of activity... Let's say I'm lazy and don't do any exercise, this means I multiply by the lowest of 1.2 gives me a maintenance level of 1786...
Now according to the same calculator a male should NEVER drop below 1800 calories ever as this is dangerous and causes muscle loss and lack of nutrients?
Really, because the calculator just told me that to simply maintain my weight I need to eat less than 1800 otherwise I will actually put on weight?
Now if I want to lose weight, I'd need to drop 500/1000 from my daily maintenance level...
Let's say I drop the minimum amount of 500 calories, this is recommended to lose apx 1/2lb to a 1lb a week...
However, that contradicts the previous statement that a man should never drop below 1800 calories on a diet?
This 1280 caloric intake will allow me to only eat the minimum daily caloric intake of that of a woman, and will only allow me to only lose half a lb to a lb a week? what if I wanted to lose 2lb a week?
This means that a diet of any kind is not healthy or recomended for me at all and even just maintaining my current weight is dangerous and not recomended? Really?
How can a male, whose stats state his BMR is 1786 lose weight, when the study's all state I should NEVER drop below 1800? If I eat 1800 I'll actually put weight on as that's ABOVE my BMR that THEY state I am?
Can anyone actually confirm what I should be eating (Calorie wise) as a male to lose weight, bearing in mind my BMR is 1786 and those who calculate my BMR state I should not drop below 1800 as a male? :-/
This makes no sense to me?
Help
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