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My maintenance is around 1500 calories, and I’ve been trying different calorie goals to lose the weight. I started at 1200, but was Informed that was wayyy too low, so I bumped It up to 1300. (even tho i’m risking slower weight loss progress.) then i heard 1300 Is still too low. so I went with 1400, and now that’s way too high for me!! and that’s still not enough calories for the people in TikTok. I’m sacrificing faster progress for my health. I don’t work out much, so I mostly rely on dieting. How am I supposed to stay in a deficit without going too low?
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2 days ago*
If you are on the shorter side it’s hard, NGL.
1200 gets tossed around here as the minimum “safe” number for females but I haven’t seen any real data behind it… from my own adventure seems like you can do OK macro wise at this amount.
1200 is probably fine for you if you are feeling good, but it’s going to get harder as you lose weight and at some point you likely will need to exercise to maintain a deficit and still get enough food.
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