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That seems odd. I'm in my 20s and do bodybuilding. I have a very dialed in eating schedule. My maintenance is around 2700-2800 calories but I lift 6 days a week
by burger_moon 9y ago
That seems odd. I'm in my 20s and do bodybuilding. I have a very dialed in eating schedule. My maintenance is around 2700-2800 calories but I lift 6 days a week plus cardio. I find it very odd that you could maintain weight at >2500 calories living a sedentary life and not having a clean diet.
- pandaman 9y agoDepends on the body size. Unless you are doing heavy physical labor, most energy is spent on maintaining body temperature and running regular chemical reactions in the body. Both depend on the amount of the body to heat up and to react in.
- jghn 9y agoWhen I was in my early-mid 20s, my baseline was closer to 3000-3200. It's possible my metabolism runs high, was just throwing it out there due to the comment that it's possible our view of normal is skewed low.