Is strongly restricting food and exercise according to a calorie calculator the best approach?
It is not always best to cut food and exercise excessively to match a calculator number. Consider nutrition, recovery, muscle preservation, and symptoms, and adjust to a sustainable intensity.
A calorie calculator is a reference for planning, not a target that tells you to starve or keep increasing exercise. Excessive restriction can cause dizziness, fatigue, binge eating, and loss of muscle, so meal composition must also be reviewed.
Korean medicine may consider poor digestion and low energy as spleen qi deficiency (脾虛), heaviness and swelling as phlegm-fluid retention (痰飮), and circulation discomfort as blood stasis (瘀血). These are ways to interpret a patient's state, not a claim that they are superior to a calculator.
Start exercise at an intensity that allows recovery and maintain meals containing protein and fiber and adequate sleep. If dizziness, severe fatigue, palpitations, or pain occurs, stop and rebuild the plan with a clinician.
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