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Old 04-16-2011, 07:01 PM   #94
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Originally Posted by MacGruber View Post
Sutter while I appreciate your input, I don't think your really aware of my own situation or calorie intake. This last week I was likely eating between 1500 to 2000 calories less than my RMR. Losing 2 lbs per week require a calorie deficit of 1000 per day.
I'm aware.

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What I said was eating too few calories can lower your metabolism and hurt weight loss... this is really not disputed by any serious nutritionist or doctor.. not sure you felt the need to correct me..
No, what you said is that lowering your caloric deficit from, say, a 2000 calorie / week deficit to a 1000 calorie / week deficit would actually help your weight loss because it would increase your metabolism. It's not true based on the mechanisms that I went over.
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