1200 calories per day is perfectly fine for leanmaxing.

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Eat 1200 calories (which is legit 4’11 female tier calories) from actual nutrient dense food sources:
  • liver
  • beef / red meats
  • eggs
  • butter
  • raw cheese
  • etc
You are still getting far, far more nutrition than 99% of the population, despite the low calories.

Low calories =/= malnutrition

Malnutrition will happen even with high calories, if your food choices are shit. It’s about nutrients, not calories.

Most normies diet consists of high carb, empty calories:
  • cereal / oats (0 nutrients)
  • pasta (0 nutrients)
  • protein powder (0 nutrients)
  • bread (0 nutrients)
  • chocolates (0 nutrient)
all of which, are completely nutritionally empty. They consume that daily.

They do consume some nutritious foods, like chicken etc. But remove all the “fluff” and empty calories from their diet, and your basically left with ~1200 calories of foods with actual nutrients (if they hit their daily protein intake, not from protein powder)

They can consume 2500 calories daily, with less, or at most, the same nutrition than 1200 calories of nutrient dense foods.

Example:
Say I added 400g of rice to my 1200 calorie diet. I would be at roughly 1700-1800 which is a generally acceptable amount to cut at. What have you gained? Absolutely fuck all. 0 nutritional benefit, you’ve just decreased your deficit by 500/600 calories for absolutely no gain. Congratulations. That’s a whole entire day of deficit on standard “subtract 500 from your maintenance” diet.

If you eat properly, there isn’t anything wrong nutritionally with 1200 calories (for a short period like a month) if you’re trying to leanmax quickly.

TLDR: 500 calorie deficit my ass. Remove the fluff and empty calories, eat with high nutrient density, get the essential fats and proteins, and leanmax quickly so you can end your misery (of being in a deficit and being fat).
 
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Main takeaway
Yes, i’m not advocating for staying on this forever. You’d go mentally insane, and be hungry asf. But if you got fat to drop, IMO this is the best way to go, as you can still maintain somewhat decent hormones, retain muscle and not be malnourished.
 
Eat 1200 calories (which is legit 4’11 female tier calories) from actual nutrient dense foods sources:
  • liver
  • beef / red meats
  • eggs
  • butter
  • raw cheese
  • etc
You are still getting far, far more nutrition than 99% of the population, despite the low calories.

Low calories =/= malnutrition

Malnutrition will happen even with high calories, if your food choices are shit. It’s about nutrients, not calories.

Most normies diet consists of high carb, empty calories:
  • cereal / oats (0 nutrients)
  • pasta (0 nutrients)
  • protein powder (0 nutrients)
  • bread (0 nutrients)
  • chocolates (0 nutrient)
all of which, are completely nutritionally empty. They consume that daily.

They do consume some nutritious foods, like chicken etc. But remove all the “fluff” and empty calories from their diet, and your basically left with ~1200 calories of foods with actual nutrients (if they hit their daily protein intake, not from protein powder)

They can consume 2500 calories daily, with less, or at most, the same nutrition than 1200 calories of nutrient dense foods.

Say I added 400g of rice to my 1200 calorie diet. I would be at roughly 1700-1800 which is a generally acceptable amount to cut at. What have you gained? Absolutely fuck all. 0 nutritional benefit, you’ve just decreased your deficit by 500/600 calories for absolutely no gain.

If you eat properly, there isn’t anything wrong nutritionally with 1200 calories (for a short period like a month) if you’re trying to leanmax quickly.

TLDR: 500 calorie deficit my ass. Remove the fluff and empty calories, eat with high nutrient density, get the essential fats and proteins, and leanmax quickly so you can end your misery (of being in a deficit and being fat).
im 6'3 cutting with 1400 calories and 25k steps, i also aim for a month it goes really well. i would advise eat at least 15-20 grams of fiber to keep yourself full maybe like high fiber fruit bars my favs. dont neglect protein 2 gram per kg to keep building and maintaining muscle with your workouts and keep carbs around 100 gram otherwise you aint gonna make it
 
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also 0.5 to 1 gram fat per kg to not nuke your testosterone levels its really important
 
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im 6'3 cutting with 1400 calories and 25k steps, i also aim for a month it goes really well. i would advise eat at least 15-20 grams of fiber to keep yourself full maybe like high fiber fruit bars my favs. dont neglect protein 1 gram per kg to keep building and maintaining muscle with your workouts and keep carbs around 100 gram otherwise you aint gonna make it
This is what i’m saying. You’re eating 100g carbs. That’s 400 calories of little nutrients. You’d be better off eating 400 calories of eggs or beef nutritionally.

The fibre is usually from those nutritionally empty calories, and isn’t even needed nutritionally. May help with hunger, but there are other methods for that, so not worth spending the little calories on getting fibre which you can’t even digest.

I agree with protein. Gotta have enough, you don’t want to lose muscle here.

Only plausible reason for having some carbs is pre workout, but even then, no more than 200cals imo. You can always use caffeine if you don’t already to power through.

IMO your better off 1200 cals of nutrient dense foods, and add ontop 200 cals of carb pre workout. Given your decent height, 1400 is acceptable.
 
Eat 1200 calories (which is legit 4’11 female tier calories) from actual nutrient dense food sources:
  • liver
  • beef / red meats
  • eggs
  • butter
  • raw cheese
  • etc
You are still getting far, far more nutrition than 99% of the population, despite the low calories.

Low calories =/= malnutrition

Malnutrition will happen even with high calories, if your food choices are shit. It’s about nutrients, not calories.

Most normies diet consists of high carb, empty calories:
  • cereal / oats (0 nutrients)
  • pasta (0 nutrients)
  • protein powder (0 nutrients)
  • bread (0 nutrients)
  • chocolates (0 nutrient)
all of which, are completely nutritionally empty. They consume that daily.

They do consume some nutritious foods, like chicken etc. But remove all the “fluff” and empty calories from their diet, and your basically left with ~1200 calories of foods with actual nutrients (if they hit their daily protein intake, not from protein powder)

They can consume 2500 calories daily, with less, or at most, the same nutrition than 1200 calories of nutrient dense foods.

Example:
Say I added 400g of rice to my 1200 calorie diet. I would be at roughly 1700-1800 which is a generally acceptable amount to cut at. What have you gained? Absolutely fuck all. 0 nutritional benefit, you’ve just decreased your deficit by 500/600 calories for absolutely no gain. Congratulations. That’s a whole entire day of deficit on standard “subtract 500 from your maintenance” diet.

If you eat properly, there isn’t anything wrong nutritionally with 1200 calories (for a short period like a month) if you’re trying to leanmax quickly.

TLDR: 500 calorie deficit my ass. Remove the fluff and empty calories, eat with high nutrient density, get the essential fats and proteins, and leanmax quickly so you can end your misery (of being in a deficit and being fat).
is this not common sense? the definition of malnourishment is being severely deprived from multiple nutrients.
 
also 0.5 to 1 gram fat per kg to not nuke your testosterone levels its really important
100%. I didn’t give guidelines on how much protein and fat to eat. But you must hit your protein intake, and the rest should all be fats.
 
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is this not common sense? the definition of malnourishment is being severely deprived from multiple nutrients.
No. I see people cutting all the time with starchy foods and foods voids of any nutrients at all. I see body builders cutting, and see them eating sandwiches and say “as long as it fits my calories bro!”
 
Eat 1200 calories (which is legit 4’11 female tier calories) from actual nutrient dense food sources:
  • liver
  • beef / red meats
  • eggs
  • butter
  • raw cheese
  • etc
You are still getting far, far more nutrition than 99% of the population, despite the low calories.

Low calories =/= malnutrition

Malnutrition will happen even with high calories, if your food choices are shit. It’s about nutrients, not calories.

Most normies diet consists of high carb, empty calories:
  • cereal / oats (0 nutrients)
  • pasta (0 nutrients)
  • protein powder (0 nutrients)
  • bread (0 nutrients)
  • chocolates (0 nutrient)
all of which, are completely nutritionally empty. They consume that daily.

They do consume some nutritious foods, like chicken etc. But remove all the “fluff” and empty calories from their diet, and your basically left with ~1200 calories of foods with actual nutrients (if they hit their daily protein intake, not from protein powder)

They can consume 2500 calories daily, with less, or at most, the same nutrition than 1200 calories of nutrient dense foods.

Example:
Say I added 400g of rice to my 1200 calorie diet. I would be at roughly 1700-1800 which is a generally acceptable amount to cut at. What have you gained? Absolutely fuck all. 0 nutritional benefit, you’ve just decreased your deficit by 500/600 calories for absolutely no gain. Congratulations. That’s a whole entire day of deficit on standard “subtract 500 from your maintenance” diet.

If you eat properly, there isn’t anything wrong nutritionally with 1200 calories (for a short period like a month) if you’re trying to leanmax quickly.

TLDR: 500 calorie deficit my ass. Remove the fluff and empty calories, eat with high nutrient density, get the essential fats and proteins, and leanmax quickly so you can end your misery (of being in a deficit and being fat).
also for a diet this extreme id heavily suggest eating just liver with some oysters alongside as much sunlight as possible. too much vitamin a = low zinc
too much copper = low vitamin D
 
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also for a diet this extreme id heavily suggest eating just liver with some oysters alongside as much sunlight as possible. too much vitamin a = low zinc
too much copper = low vitamin D
Yes, I buy liver and cut it up into 20g pieces and shove it in the freezer. I eat a chunk a day.
 
Yes, I buy liver and cut it up into 20g pieces and shove it in the freezer. I eat a chunk a day.
freezing destroys nutrients
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When water turns into ice, it expands because of the molecular structure that forms. This destroys the cells. What is meat? Animal cells. The less you destroy the cells in your animal foods, the healthier the food will be.
 
freezing destroys nutrients
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tl;dr

When water turns into ice, it expands because of the molecular structure that forms. This destroys the cells. What is meat? Animal cells. The less you destroy the cells in your animal foods, the healthier the food will be.
You’re telling me I gotta go buy the liver daily and eat it? Not really a problem, dirt cheap.
 
Yes, I buy liver and cut it up into 20g pieces and shove it in the freezer. I eat a chunk a day.
even if you didnt freeze the liver, that would still be too little. for 1200kcal a day you need to get the most out of your food, liver and oysters will help. liver already is a fatty food and has all the nutrients needed for hormones and in general for life. oysters will prevent zinc being too low so that u dont tank ur test
 
vitamins and minerals isn't everything. there's phytonutrients, fiber etc. also just consuming the right amount of calories means your hormones are balanced and you arent low t etc so there are definitely negatives to eating 1200cals a day. if you do that for a short period of time to lose weight its ofc okay, but not ideal long term.
 
vitamins and minerals isn't everything. there's phytonutrients, fiber etc. also just consuming the right amount of calories means your hormones are balanced and you arent low t etc so there are definitely negatives to eating 1200cals a day. if you do that for a short period of time to lose weight its ofc okay, but not ideal long term.
Fibre is not needed at all.

Hormones are balanced due to dietary fat intake, not calories. (I can eat only carbs and protein and 0 fat and have nuked test levels). Although aggressive diet may negative effect them periodically yes, but should be fine for the most part with enough fats.

Yes short term anyway.
 
Fibre is not needed at all.

Hormones are balanced due to dietary fat intake, not calories. (I can eat only carbs and protein and 0 fat and have nuked test levels). Although aggressive diet may negative effect them periodically yes, but should be fine for the most part with enough fats.

Yes short term anyway.
yeah this is just not true.

yes fiber isnt NEEDED. but it most definitely is healthy.
yes fat intake is important for hormone health, but so are calories. its common sense that starving yourself wont make your body produce as much test as possible and give you optimal health. like i said, it's okay short term. but your hormonal health will take a hit at those cals.
 
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yeah this is just not true.

yes fiber isnt NEEDED. but it most definitely is healthy.
meh idk. i’ve gone without fibre for ages like 6+ months. not a single problem.
 
meh idk. i’ve gone without fibre for ages like 6+ months. not a single problem.
yeah that's possible, but doesn't mean its ideal. i could have alcohol every day for 6 months without noticing any problems, doesn't mean my health couldn't be better without it, or with less.
 
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Eat 1200 calories (which is legit 4’11 female tier calories) from actual nutrient dense food sources:
  • liver
  • beef / red meats
  • eggs
  • butter
  • raw cheese
  • etc
You are still getting far, far more nutrition than 99% of the population, despite the low calories.

Low calories =/= malnutrition

Malnutrition will happen even with high calories, if your food choices are shit. It’s about nutrients, not calories.

Most normies diet consists of high carb, empty calories:
  • cereal / oats (0 nutrients)
  • pasta (0 nutrients)
  • protein powder (0 nutrients)
  • bread (0 nutrients)
  • chocolates (0 nutrient)
all of which, are completely nutritionally empty. They consume that daily.

They do consume some nutritious foods, like chicken etc. But remove all the “fluff” and empty calories from their diet, and your basically left with ~1200 calories of foods with actual nutrients (if they hit their daily protein intake, not from protein powder)

They can consume 2500 calories daily, with less, or at most, the same nutrition than 1200 calories of nutrient dense foods.

Example:
Say I added 400g of rice to my 1200 calorie diet. I would be at roughly 1700-1800 which is a generally acceptable amount to cut at. What have you gained? Absolutely fuck all. 0 nutritional benefit, you’ve just decreased your deficit by 500/600 calories for absolutely no gain. Congratulations. That’s a whole entire day of deficit on standard “subtract 500 from your maintenance” diet.

If you eat properly, there isn’t anything wrong nutritionally with 1200 calories (for a short period like a month) if you’re trying to leanmax quickly.

TLDR: 500 calorie deficit my ass. Remove the fluff and empty calories, eat with high nutrient density, get the essential fats and proteins, and leanmax quickly so you can end your misery (of being in a deficit and being fat).
Yeah 1200 is sustainable if you are over 20% body fat, when you get close to 12% then you have to lower it at 800 calories for at least a month to get to 10%
 
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This is what i’m saying. You’re eating 100g carbs. That’s 400 calories of little nutrients. You’d be better off eating 400 calories of eggs or beef nutritionally.

The fibre is usually from those nutritionally empty calories, and isn’t even needed nutritionally. May help with hunger, but there are other methods for that, so not worth spending the little calories on getting fibre which you can’t even digest.

I agree with protein. Gotta have enough, you don’t want to lose muscle here.

Only plausible reason for having some carbs is pre workout, but even then, no more than 200cals imo. You can always use caffeine if you don’t already to power through.

IMO your better off 1200 cals of nutrient dense foods, and add ontop 200 cals of carb pre workout. Given your decent height, 1400 is acceptable.
Eat 1200 calories (which is legit 4’11 female tier calories) from actual nutrient dense food sources:
  • liver
  • beef / red meats
  • eggs
  • butter
  • raw cheese
  • etc
You are still getting far, far more nutrition than 99% of the population, despite the low calories.

Low calories =/= malnutrition

Malnutrition will happen even with high calories, if your food choices are shit. It’s about nutrients, not calories.

Most normies diet consists of high carb, empty calories:
  • cereal / oats (0 nutrients)
  • pasta (0 nutrients)
  • protein powder (0 nutrients)
  • bread (0 nutrients)
  • chocolates (0 nutrient)
all of which, are completely nutritionally empty. They consume that daily.

They do consume some nutritious foods, like chicken etc. But remove all the “fluff” and empty calories from their diet, and your basically left with ~1200 calories of foods with actual nutrients (if they hit their daily protein intake, not from protein powder)

They can consume 2500 calories daily, with less, or at most, the same nutrition than 1200 calories of nutrient dense foods.

Example:
Say I added 400g of rice to my 1200 calorie diet. I would be at roughly 1700-1800 which is a generally acceptable amount to cut at. What have you gained? Absolutely fuck all. 0 nutritional benefit, you’ve just decreased your deficit by 500/600 calories for absolutely no gain. Congratulations. That’s a whole entire day of deficit on standard “subtract 500 from your maintenance” diet.

If you eat properly, there isn’t anything wrong nutritionally with 1200 calories (for a short period like a month) if you’re trying to leanmax quickly.

TLDR: 500 calorie deficit my ass. Remove the fluff and empty calories, eat with high nutrient density, get the essential fats and proteins, and leanmax quickly so you can end your misery (of being in a deficit and being fat).
Totally correct but u’ll need around 10-50g max carbs which will be from carrots(alpha/beta carotene),tomatoes(Lycopene),spinach(potassium)and raw milk As a gymcell😔 m cutting now
I’ll give it around 40-60days for full cut
Look how beautiful my cat psps 🐱
 

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Eat 1200 calories (which is legit 4’11 female tier calories) from actual nutrient dense food sources:
  • liver
  • beef / red meats
  • eggs
  • butter
  • raw cheese
  • etc
You are still getting far, far more nutrition than 99% of the population, despite the low calories.

Low calories =/= malnutrition

Malnutrition will happen even with high calories, if your food choices are shit. It’s about nutrients, not calories.

Most normies diet consists of high carb, empty calories:
  • cereal / oats (0 nutrients)
  • pasta (0 nutrients)
  • protein powder (0 nutrients)
  • bread (0 nutrients)
  • chocolates (0 nutrient)
all of which, are completely nutritionally empty. They consume that daily.

They do consume some nutritious foods, like chicken etc. But remove all the “fluff” and empty calories from their diet, and your basically left with ~1200 calories of foods with actual nutrients (if they hit their daily protein intake, not from protein powder)

They can consume 2500 calories daily, with less, or at most, the same nutrition than 1200 calories of nutrient dense foods.

Example:
Say I added 400g of rice to my 1200 calorie diet. I would be at roughly 1700-1800 which is a generally acceptable amount to cut at. What have you gained? Absolutely fuck all. 0 nutritional benefit, you’ve just decreased your deficit by 500/600 calories for absolutely no gain. Congratulations. That’s a whole entire day of deficit on standard “subtract 500 from your maintenance” diet.

If you eat properly, there isn’t anything wrong nutritionally with 1200 calories (for a short period like a month) if you’re trying to leanmax quickly.

TLDR: 500 calorie deficit my ass. Remove the fluff and empty calories, eat with high nutrient density, get the essential fats and proteins, and leanmax quickly so you can end your misery (of being in a deficit and being fat).
High iq post as usual 😝
 
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This is what i’m saying. You’re eating 100g carbs. That’s 400 calories of little nutrients. You’d be better off eating 400 calories of eggs or beef nutritionally.

The fibre is usually from those nutritionally empty calories, and isn’t even needed nutritionally. May help with hunger, but there are other methods for that, so not worth spending the little calories on getting fibre which you can’t even digest.

I agree with protein. Gotta have enough, you don’t want to lose muscle here.

Only plausible reason for having some carbs is pre workout, but even then, no more than 200cals imo. You can always use caffeine if you don’t already to power through.

IMO your better off 1200 cals of nutrient dense foods, and add ontop 200 cals of carb pre workout. Given your decent height, 1400 is acceptable.
i get headaches and terrible pumps without carbs also to sustain hard long diets you must give yourself something you enjoy you dont have to be full carnivore to look great
 
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Make an alt account and search "EDTT". Once your on that algorithm you'll realize that all thin hot foids leanmax.
 
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