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How to pick a daily calorie target you can keep

How to pick a daily calorie target you can keep

Most people pick a calorie target from ambition, then quit in a week. The trick is to start at TDEE minus 500 and let the scale tell you whether to trim or add. Here is how to find the number you will actually keep.

1 Aug 2026 · Burnie Academy
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You open Burnie for the first time. You want to lose weight fast. So you think, I will eat very little. Maybe 1,000 calories. Maybe even less. It feels brave. By day four you are hungry, cross, and sneaking samosas at midnight. The number you can keep beats the number you wish for. This short read is about finding that real number.

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