trying to diet to cut for the first time. Read the sticky and

Just do 1700 you pussy

>tfw dropped 40 pounds and at the point where I'm losing all my muscle too and seem to have developed an eating disorder and people tell me I'm wasting away

JUST

>>39732588
Try one of the numbers and check your weight once or twice a week. If you're dropping too fast, increase your intake. If you're not dropping at all, lower it. It's not rocket surgery.

Look man, I am studying dietetics at uni, what are your questions and shit? If you have a tape measure handy, i can help you out with some shit. are you in the thread?

>>39733017
>>39732588

how much do you weigh, how old are you, what's your body fat % (if you don't know i can help you find it)

but i gotta go out soon, so if you're around i will help, if not, fuck ya.

>>39732875
losing weight isnt but keeping muslce while losing weight is

>>39733027
35, bf=17.4%, weight 207.

>>39733168
that's pretty exact with the body fat, what method did you use to obtain, and how much exercise do you elect, and what's your work?

>>39733168
I need your height too champ.

I did a quick calc of if you were 181cm, I don't think 1700 is enough if you lead any sort of active lifestyle.

>>39733223
i bought calipers and did a 7 point test using the jackson-pollock equation. weight lift an hour to an hour and a half 5 days a week.

>>39733240
5'9"

>>39733257
soz for late reply, was at gym.

Here's what I found: your BMR is basically 2000kcal, TDEE is 3200kcal, which means I would recommend you eat 2200-2400kcal, 40-40-20 carbs, proteins, and fats.

maybe less fats, if you want, but make sure you're eating 60-70g a day of fat, at least 20-25 from saturated fats.

>>39734685
and i cross referenced this with a TDEE calculator online, and it's within 1%.

>>39733251
recalculate your body fat with the Parrillo Caliper Method and tell me your results, JP is mainly for athletes. IE: if you're trying to lose bulk weight, it can be inaccurate. I am just concerned your TDEE looks too high

>>39734709
>Parrillo Caliper Method
ok, hold on doing it now

>>39734709
comes to 22.39

>>39735012
Does that seem more accurate to you?
Just for laughs, do the navy tape method as well, but i'd wager if you're trying to lose weight, you're probably closer to 20-22 than 17. I'll be back in a sec

>>39734685
>>39735012

That brings your basal down to 1700 or so, which makes your TDEE 3000Kcal, so eat 2050-2500kcal a day and see how you go.

>>39732588
Whoa, I thought that was Freeza.

>>39735565
how in the fuck did you see freeza?

>>39732588
You have gone vegan right? No point trying to cut otherwise

If I could hijack OP's thread for a second, I plugged my numbers into a basic calorie calculator and it suggested I should be eating about 1300 calories a day.

I'm 6'1" and 202 lbs, sedentary job and I lift three times a week. Does this sound too low?

>>39736585
Wtf that's way too low wtf are you doing
You need at least 3000 for maintenance