Back when I started my weight loss journey, I weighed about 350 lbs. I was also pretty much completely sedentary as a work-from-homer who never exercised. I checked the calculators and saw that my BMR was about 2500, and my sedentary TDEE was about 3000. Decided that a daily caloric intake of 2000 would be sustainable, safe, and effective for me.
Fast-forward a couple months to today. My actual caloric intake has really been more like 1500-1800 instead of 2000. I also started exercising, slowly at first, but I've worked up to where I'm burning an extra 1000 or so per day. This paints a much more drastic picture on the TDEE calculator. I'm down to 315, so my BMR has gone down a bit. But with the exercise added in, my daily usage is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 3800. That means that instead of a 1000 calorie deficit, I'm effectively doing a 2000 calorie deficit. And that's borne out by the weight data, losing an average of about 4 pounds per week since I started, much faster than is generally recommended.
I'm not expecting this to be sustainable forever. At some point I assume I'll be miserable unless I start eating more or exercising less. But for now I honestly feel fine. I still have a ton of fat stores, so it seems like my body is having no trouble fueling whatever I ask it to do. I'm taking a multivitamin to make sure I don't run into any micronutrient issues. I'm planning to start lifting to try and minimize muscle loss. So my question is, am I actually doing anything dangerous here? Is there something physical I should be worried about at such a large deficit, or are the typical recommendations really more about sustainability and mental health?
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