I am 25 years old and I’ve lost weight before from 59kg-51kg in 1.5 years through boxing and tracking my calories. But then, I’ve put all the weight back in 5 months of losing track of my calorie count and eating enchiladas couple of times a week and not working out. I am also on BC pill starting May last year, skipping periods, so maybe that has an impact too.
I started intermittent fasting 19 days ago, and did 16-minute Tabata workouts 4 days a week, and limited my calorie intake to 1200/day, and if ever I exceeded, it shouldn’t be more than 1300. Throughout this period, my weight fluctuated 0.5-1kg, which I learned could be water weight. I also thought I might be underestimating my calorie count, so 2 nights ago, I started overestimating my calorie count a bit and checking labels of every thing I eat and put in what we’re cooking, to do my best to ensure I stay within my calories.
I’ve read so much about trying to lose weight and read so many concepts like BMR, TDEE, etc. I looked up my TDEE and it’s 1490 at sedentary and my BMR is 1242. Now, the recommended calorie intake is 990 calories to lose 0.5kg per week. I didn’t see that straight away, so I’ve been doing 1200 calories all this time, as that’s what I’m seeing on other sites.
Anyway, just wondering if 990 calories is sustainable in the long run? Won’t it affect my metabolism negatively? Would love some more advice too. Thank you
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