I recently went for a DEXA and RMR breath test. I've done a DEXA before but it was my first RMR.
For context I'm female, 5' 7", 191 pounds (the day of), 123 pounds of lean body mass. I've never been an athlete or anything but I walk around a lot and do an active hobby but never more than once a week for a few months at a time and that was primarily in college. The amount of muscle was a surprise to me and the administrator the first time I did it (186 lbs and 126 lbs of LBM; 28% body fat). With COVID I've been walking around way less so the increase in fat to 31-32% wasn't a huge shock.
The calculators would indicate I should have a BMR/RMR of around 1700 kcal a day but mine is at 1368 kcal according to the breath test (17% lower than expected or net 7% too low when you factor in the +/- 10%). The person administering it said it looked like I had been restrictive dieting for a while so she recommended I eat 1800 everyday for 3 to 4 months to get it back out of the slow range. I've been working out so I guess it explains why I haven't been seeing the weight loss results I was expecting but her advice kind of threw me for a loop.
Has anyone been in this situation before? I'd like to keep losing weight but I'm trying to figure out whether or not I can just eat under what my current BMR/RMR is or if that'll just make it drop even lower?
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