Here is the [study] (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240545772400038X) (N=1.8 million)
Conclusions
This MR study demonstrated no significant causal relationships between red/processed meat intake and the risk of the four CVD outcomes examined. Further investigation is warranted to confirm these findings.
Coverage of this on Epoch Times
Here is an older study (N=29 682) that claimed to have found correlation between redmeat and heart diseases.
Do you already work out?
You can get away with larger calorie counts if you do, and if you have a good amount of muscle mass 1800-2000 may end up actually being too little to maintain your weight -- you might still drop.
I'll know if I need to eat even more than 1800-2000 once I hit target weight if I keep dropping instead of maintaining, and agree with you 100%.
After doing intermittent fasting and OMAD (One Meal A Day) for a time, I'm much more in touch with my body and how my digestive system works.
Idea here is to let my body use the fat it stored for energy because I want to lose most of it, so I'm making sure I eat enough protein to maintain current muscle mass without going over the calorie count goal.
Exception to this is if I'm still hungry, of course. Important not to ignore those signals.
As far as working out, not yet. I take my dog for plenty of walks daily and do things around the house and yard work.
Planning on dropping another 10 lbs. before lifting again, which should only take another couple weeks if I keep seeing progress.
I did do construction and physical labor for most of my 20s and 30s, so I'm still in decent shape underneath the fat.