The calorie calculations in the book are estimated maintenance calories, so they might be too high or they might be too low. It all depends on you. The book suggests starting at the calculated values for a few weeks to see how you're doing.
I hung out at my maintenance calories for all of Stage 1 (1900 and 2200 calories), and I maintained. I thought about dropping them a little to speed up the fat loss, but then I started Stage 2; I don't think I could finish Stage 2 on fewer calories!
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