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2800kcal per day... yes please. That's fucking double what MFP has me on.
I tend to ignore any links that are a .com or don't have another link to any actual studies. There's just too much bullshit in the diet industry to jump on. I want to lose weight but not at the expense of health or fitness. So now it seems I need to rethink my BMR somewhat.
How do you know your BMR is 1200 though?
30 kcal per kg seems very high! But they may not encourage people to eat back exercise calories.
In my case my max burn in fat is 1200 kcal a day... I did that cycling a week and eating a lot still.
10 kcal per lbs weight in food and don't overdo energy use by cardio is a general lifters cutting tip.
You may find this interesting: http://www.burnthefatfeedthemuscle.com/how-to-lose-a-pound-of-fat-per-day
I find mpf is accurate for me but I only train weights and don't do heavy cardio, and my fat levels are average.
The fatter you are, the harder you can cut, bit the more you exercise the higher the risk of muscle loss.
I just grab my maintenance, reduce calories, then add cardio, then go back to maintain. If you know your maintenance I think that's all you need, I may just take a trial and error :)
Btw bmr is always lowish mine is just 1200. With light exercise in mfp it turns to 1850 which is accurate.