Calories Deficit

Coffeebro

Coffeebro

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Okay, I would like to take a poll to find out what general consensus is on calorie deficits. I was running a 2300 CD and hit a Plateau. So I talked to a nutritionist and she told me to eat more. I cut my deficit to 1700 a day and started to lose a little weight but not what I was at the beginning. So I pose the question to all of you. What is you calorie deficit per day?
 
How many calories a day are you currently eating"
Howmuch are you currently exercising?

How long have you been dieting
andwhat's your current weight/height/age/gender

If you read around this forum -the most effective method of overcoming a plateau is to eat at maintenance... and then cut back again.. so the advice your nutritonist is giving you is pretty solid.
 
Coffeebro said:
Okay, I would like to take a poll to find out what general consensus is on calorie deficits. I was running a 2300 CD and hit a Plateau.
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2300 cd?

is that your calorie restriction per day!??

i am going for loosing 25 lbs by may 31st and my restriction is 1054. but on days I work out I burn 500 more which puts it at around 1500.

how are you burning so many calories a day? are you very overweight?
 
Calorie deficit = Calorie restriction

I was 255 pounds and I have lost 36 pounds since January 12th. I was averging 3.5 to 4 pounds a week at first with a 2300 calorie restriction. Then when I hit the 220's I stopped losing. I started eating more food bringing my restriction down to 1700 a day. I was just curious what other people have for their restriction/deficit.
 
Dont forget that your bmr is calories required were you to never get out of bed... spend some time reading around the forum - activity requries a lot more calories...
 
My Nutritianist figured out my BMR is 2200 and a total daily expenditure of 3600 calories a day. So I am at 1600 deficit.
 
Around 400-800. But this isn't an exact science. I don't know how many calories I burn when I exercise. I have no clue. I just use the Harris Benedict Formula and go from there.
 
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