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How many calories per day should my calorie deficit be when trying to lose weight? my bmr is 1290. i'm some what active. i eat between 1500 & 1800cal
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500kcal/d deficit: We typically ask you to strive for 500kcal/d deficit whether by eating less, exercising more, or hopefully a combination of both. The idea is that by week's end, you'll be down 3,500kcal or 1 pound. Safest way for long term weight loss is to lose 1-2 pounds a week, not some dramatic 10 pounds/wk crash diet. Check out http://www.webmd.com/diet/calories-chart & http://goo.gl/C46eFB.
Answered 9/29/2016
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