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Originally Posted by dillytl
That equates to only 76.8% adherence and that is unfortunately much too low.
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Why is that much too low?
If I'm eating 1600 kcals/day as a 200+ lb guy, which can happen, then that same 11200 calories yields a 9800 kcal deficit for the week. A pound of fat is ~3500 kcal.
If I veer off that as in the example, and eat 2600 calories extra, well damn....I might only drop 2 lbs this week instead of three.
In other words, this takes no account for the person's size or needs. Whoever wrote this seems to be confusing "adherence" with "calorie intake". I'd consider the calorie total to be more important than some arbitrary percentage of "adherence".