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7 Post author: Alexei 05 May 2012 05:20AM

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Comment author: CasioTheSane 05 May 2012 10:16:42AM 7 points [-]

A human eating only 1000 Kcal per day would only be able to support a body weight of about 60lbs if sedentary. Are you sure your estimates are accurate?

The website fitday.com is also designed to compute calorie and nutrient intakes from food, and might be a good way to double-check your spreadsheet calculations.

Comment author: Alexei 06 May 2012 06:44:43PM 1 point [-]

Oh, that's why I mentioned the cookies. I do eat a lot of those (and other sweets). The ~1000 calories is only for the "real" food that I consume, but it is, to the best of my knowledge, an accurate number.