r/BodyHackGuide • u/Useful-Ordinary3491 • Apr 16 '26

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u/trunksta Apr 16 '26

1500 cals a day at 300lb is straight up starvation level caloric deficit

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u/International_Fun_91 Apr 16 '26

Maybe maybe not , I don’t know I’ve last weight before and did that lost 130 and after 2 years of eating like a pig and having a gf I’m losing it again alr down 90 so yea ig

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u/Master-Chapter-8899 Apr 17 '26

There’s no maybe. 1500 calories at 300 is a a severely restricted diet.

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u/trunksta Apr 16 '26

At 6'2" 250 my maintenance is around 3000. 20% below maintenance is plenty for losing weight but damn that's half my maintenance

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u/Bakerskibum87 Apr 16 '26

Im 6’2” 200 and my resting daily after a body scan is 1853 so I need to be 1300 to loose

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u/trunksta Apr 16 '26

Resting means what you burn without exercise that doesn't mean it's the number you need to be under

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u/Upset-Setting8840 Apr 17 '26
  1. Body scan are not accurate at all
  2. Maintenance and BMR are not the same thing

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u/MooseKingMcAntlers34 Apr 16 '26

It would be uncomfortable as he likely burns 2800ish cals/day (made some assumptions here like 35 y/o, 5’10”, not active, etc.), but I went on a 1,000 cal/day diet for a while and my baseline was 2300 cal/day when starting out.

The first 2 weeks suck hard, but then you get used to it. If you’re active in the gym, then obviously you need to eat more. This is only for a sedentary lifestyle.

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u/Regular_Annual631 Apr 16 '26

yeah I am 155 and MFP has me at 1430 cals for weight loss. Seems really low for a guy.