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Question about BMR and burning...


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Say I eat 1300 calories and exercise off 300.  Is that okay?  Would that put me in starvation mode?

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In order for anyone to tell you that, you would need to provide us with your height and weight....But I can tell you that you would be in a safe range if your total deficiency was 500 less than your BMR... Check our this calculator-it provides a solid explaination of the concept of a basal metabolic rate..

http://health.discovery.com/tools/calculators /basal/basal.html

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Actually I think I read the other day that this would put you in starvation mode because your cals in - your exercise is less than 1200 cals. Eating only 1300 cals in the first place seems pretty low.

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