I think you maybe mixed up BMR and TDEE? I'm 5'10" about 200 and my BMR is about 1950cals but my TDEE is ~3500.
My advice to most is to stick with a mild to pretty moderate deficit (10-20% below TDEE). Not that this method is superior but bc it's easier on the mind and body.
The other option i see is to try a PSMF-type diet. It basically involves eating no/trace carbs (only from any veggies you eat), the bare minimum in dietary fat (EFAs/fish oil/krill oil), and around 1.2g/lb LBM in protein to stave off muscle loss. This type of diet usually cuts your time spent cutting drastically and if done right you'll experience minimal muscle loss. You'll lose about 2lbs a week BUT I must stress....it is easy to screw this diet up. Most will either do too much extra work or stick to the same program (you need to cut volume quite a bit), or try to take in less than the minimums and lose muscle, or they cannot mentally stick to the scarce food intake. You'd also need to structure refeeds into it depending on how long you run it etc.
Choice is yours as both are viable options but not many can stick with the PSMF.




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