Energy balance
Accurate quantification of energy intake and percent calorie restriction during weight loss requires measuring total energy expenditure (TEE) within the first 2–4 weeks of intervention to capture the rapid decline in metabolic rate, as TEE stabilizes thereafter.
If you are starting a calorie restriction diet, your metabolism drops significantly in the first month. To accurately track your progress or adherence, you cannot rely on your starting metabolic rate. You must measure your energy expenditure (or use a proxy like daily home weights) within the first 4 weeks. Ignoring this early drop will make you think you are eating more than you actually are relative to your new metabolic reality.
optimal quantification of energy intake and %CR during weight loss necessitates a TEE measurement within the first month of CR to capture the rapid reduction in TEE.
Why this rating
Multicenter randomized controlled trial (CALERIE) with objective gold-standard measurements (DLW).
Source
Approaches for quantifying energy intake and %calorie restriction during calorie restriction interventions in humans: the multicenter CALERIE study
Susan B. Racette et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2011
DOI 10.1152/ajpendo.00290.2011
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