The 1836 being my BMR was discovered by going to a dexafit clinic and getting a BMR calorimetry scan. I had assumed based on weight and age that my bmr was 2100

The 1836 being my BMR was discovered by going to a dexafit clinic and getting a BMR calorimetry scan. I had assumed based on weight and age that my bmr was 2100ish, so I was setting my daily calories at 1600 + whatever I burned through exercise. When that all comes out in the wash, that meant that I was only burning 200ish calories a day, so it would take almost 3 weeks to lose a pound.