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Wow, 600 calories below extreme weight loss! Are you sure it's safe?

I don't think I can manage extreme weight loss. According to that calculator, I have to eat 904 kcal a day for extreme weight loss! I don't think it's possible for me to lose my desired 2 pounds per week without some serious restricting.

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When you have as much weight to lose as I do, eating below the number of calories that thing says isn't hard. My doctor would flip if I told I was going to stick to a 1500 calorie/day diet. I would literally put my body into that starvation mode _Sky has mentioned.

I'm trying to be more concious of what I eat, how many calories are in what I eat and if I feel the food is "worth" those calories, I'm trying to exercise some (as opposed to not trying before), and I'm watching food labels more - which I never used to do.

My goal isn't total weight loss - it's all about improving my health.

Also, according to that site you should not use the "extreme weight loss" count if you have between 2-25 pounds to lose. That's not extreme. I have whole persons to lose.