^^ The Op was asking for advise and I provided a solution to his question. Second of all it not a matter of agreeing or not agreeing to people views or not. Everybody has the right to post. And the way I see it is that a weight lifter should never go below 2000 calories. Third of all there is no science behind the TDEE formula except the fact that its an estimate. So that estimate might be correct or incorrect. Plus if you think that your science is doing you good why dont place a pic and lets see how defined you are. I have reached contest stage conditions and never went below 2500 Kcals an i am an endomorph