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Old 07-07-2011, 09:12 AM  
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Originally Posted by sperbonzo View Post
You're right. I did not take into account his existing body weight. Perhaps 400 calories 6 times a day? I agree that if you eat too little, your metabolism will shut down, (unless you are on one of those 30 day HCG things... but obviously that cannot and should not be sustained)



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yea 2400-2700 is ideal for a healthy male but its really all dependent on physical activity. For example im taking in 4500 a day on a workout day and burning 6-700 during my workout, maintenence is 3200, so im eating a couple hundred over those cals to build muscle. someone who wants to lose weight needs to be in a caloric deficit, but not so low as to shut down or slow the metabolism that much.
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