I've been losing weight for the past two months or so by reducing my portion sizes, swapping in more veggies and just trying to do stuff that is sustainable, food-wise. I've also picked up a 2-6km a night walking habit.
The calculator in the Wiki suggests I should be eating something like 2400 calories just to cover my BMR and jumps up to like 2600 with even a little bit of exercise. I've been tracking my calories since I started and I've been averaging about 1600-1700 calories over the past month, sometimes lower, rarely higher and I'm fairly sure I'm being accurate with my tracking as I've set MFP to 1kg/week and that's what I'm achieving so far.
I've noticed my appetite is suppressed on days when I exercise and I'm much hungrier on days where I'm just sitting around. However, I know it's bad to not cover your BMR, so should I be eating more just to reach that BMR or just listen to my body and eat when I'm hungry like I've been doing? Would I have plateaued by now if it was slowing down my metabolism too much? I'm still improving my times on my walks so I don't think I'm losing muscle, particularly as I can start to feel some definition in my calves.
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