This may belong on Nutrition, but I'm hoping for a wider audience of informed folks (maybe a nutritionist???). I'm sorry this is a bit tedious.

Bottom line: I've calculated my metabolic requirement at 2,786 calories/day and this seems VERY HIGH to me. Could this be correct? Am I shrinking too fast?

Here's how I did it:

I've followed the direction of calorielab( http://calorielab.com/faq/idx/7/013/...d_per_day.html ) to determine my daily "breakeven" caloric consumption.

So, in the last 7 days, I've:
  • Consumed 8,915 calories or 1,273/day
  • Exercised 1,660 calories or 237/day
  • Lost 3.5 pounds.


Reseach indicates that 1 pound is 3,500 calories. So, to lose 3.5 pounds, I would burn 12,250 calories more than consumed over the 7 day period, or 1,750 calories/day.

My net consumption after exercise is 1,273-237= 1,036/day, but my weight lose implies another 1,750/day to break even.

SO, this implies that my metabolic rate requires 2,786/day which is 1,036+1,750.

The, thinking that 7 days was too short, I did the same thing over 14 days and got a similarly high 2,664/day.

Is this correct? Is it reasonable for a 43 yr old male who is now 175 lbs and 5'7"? My TANITA scale indicates 23% body fat.