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If i eat an average of 800 calories a day and do an hour and 20 minutes of cardio a day, will i lose weight?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Weight loss: Here is the problem with only eating 800 calories per day - your metabolic rate may eventually drop. Consider eating at least 1,200 calories per day. Your weight loss will be largely dependent on calories expended exceeding caloric intake.

Answered 5/19/2017

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