I don't want to eat too much below maintenance, cause for a time I was eating about 1500 calories. I heard you should never go below 10% under your BMR. So my BMR is 2273, so would eating 2300 calories be right for me if I want to cut? I'm 6'4 227/18.1% bf.
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09-06-2009, 07:12 PM #1Registered User
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Is eating at your BMR the right amount for a Cut?
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at 6'4 and 220, you could eat 3000 cals a day and lose weight. seriously.Originally Posted by charlie335
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09-06-2009, 07:38 PM #3Registered User
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see, I tried that but when I was eating around 3,000 calories on a cut I was gaining weight. Also, how many lbs of fat per week?
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People usually seem to go anywhere from 300-1000 below maintenance on a cut.Originally Posted by charlie335
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Subtract 15% from your maintenance. If you see results, stick with that caloric deficit, otherwise you may need to tweak it a bit.
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Test for a week or two to see what happens, if you drop between 1-2lbs/week you are on the right track, more loss you should increase calories.Originally Posted by charlie335
No change then that's your maintenance.
It depends on alot of factors really, activity level is of a great importance, Intensity as well, When I workout for 6 days a week, I need around 3500cals to maintain."We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."
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09-06-2009, 08:07 PM #7Registered User
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I ate in the upper 2300 calories this past week, doing 3 days HIIT, 3 days weight training...went from 230 to 227.5
is that too much fat loss in a week?
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09-06-2009, 08:17 PM #8Originally Posted by charlie335
i was 6'3 228 eating at 1900 i am now 197 and still eating at 1900 i never factor in my daily exercises , i started in about JuneLast edited by sotorious; 09-06-2009 at 08:20 PM.
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No, that's a good margin, keep at it then.Originally Posted by charlie335
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."
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"A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it."
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