• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Goes up with physical activity AND weight no matter the source (muscle or fat).

    You need to keep eating way more than 2200 calories a day in order to be stable at a weight of 300lbs even if you don’t do any exercise.

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      5 months ago

      I wouldn’t say way more. If you cut your weight in half then you can expect to cut your calorie requirements by at most a third.

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            5 months ago

            Me: You need to keep eating way more than 2200 calories in order to be stable at 300lbs

            You: I wouldn’t say way more, you’ll cut your calories by a third of you lose half your weight

            Me: 300lbs sustenance is 4200 calories for someone who’s inactive


            Do you think a 150lbs man needs 2800 (2/3rd of 4200) calories a day to sustain that weight if it’s not someone that’s active?

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              5 months ago

              If anything you’ve highlighted the discrepancy between maintaining 300lbs at both 2200 and 4200, but more importantly my comment was about how calorie requirements go down pretty moderately as your weight decreases and your response to that was “at 300 very big number of calorie”.

              According to THIS calculator your estimate is 900 calories too high.

              Part of the reason for my condescending reply was you linking that garbage tier magazine article to me.