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Not happy with personal trainer

I met with a personal trainer on Saturday. We were talking about what it takes to lose 1lb. He was telling me I needed to have a calorie deficit below my resting metabolic rate (RMR). I'm fairly certain this is not just wrong, but dangerous to do long term. The RMR is what our body needs just for our bodily functions if we were laying in bed all day. Our true caloric need is based on our activity level and extra calorie burn during workouts. Mine is about 2200/day but my RMR is only 1300/day. To lose 1 lb in a week I'd have to consume net calories of only 800 calories/day based on what he was advising.

What do you all think about what he said? Don't you think he should know better?


Wed. Mar 15, 12:36am

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