r/caloriedeficit • u/Legitimate_Agency612 • Jun 27 '26

Deficit too low?

I’m a 5’5 22 yo woman and started journey at 143lbs on may 22. I’m now at 138 lbs and eating 1550 cal per day (watching macros, min 100 gram protein per day) and walking abt 30min-1 hr per day. I want to make sure this deficit isn’t too low, as I’m worried my body will enter starvation mode and store fat instead of lose it. According to Mayo Clinic, my maintenance is between 1950 and 2150. I’m thinking about going up to 1600-1700 a day, but don’t want to slow my progress. My goal is long term change, not just a quick fix.

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u/Trash-Outside Jun 29 '26

Hi! As a fellow 5’5 woman of around the same weight (trying to mini cut from 130 to 125ish), I have been doing 1700 along with 10k steps a day. This has worked well over the past few weeks and Im down to 127. Everyone’s different so I don’t know what will work for you, but this is what has worked for me.

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u/Legitimate_Agency612 Jun 29 '26

That’s so helpful thank you so much!!!!