• bizarroland@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Actually, your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) can change.

    What you see online is based off of your age and your height and your weight, you should burn approximately x number of calories per day.

    But people with thyroid issues and hormone issues and metabolic irregularities can actually burn less or more than the standard BMR listed on the internet.

    To find out your true BMR, you have to go and get tested.

    That being said, what you should do, ideally, is trust what the internet says about it, and then, if you find yourself having problems losing weight, then go and get your BMR tested. There are many sports medicine places that have the testing equipment that will do it for fifty to a hundred dollars, and you can find out that if you deviate from the norm. For instance, I burn about 200 calories less than my BMR says I should.

    So if I’m eating 500 calories under that on my diet, I’m only burning 300 calories a day.

    And if I eat specifically the number of calories my BMR says I should be allowed to eat and maintain my weight, I’m actually putting on 200 calories every day.