Have you ever logged what you used to eat that made you need to lose weight now?
Until you have done that, you likely have no concept of calories, and what it takes for you to gain, and to lose.
Just because the only eating goals you've seen are likely at 1200, doesn't mean the bare minimum for a sedentary average woman is best for you.
If giving your body bare minimum is the way to go, don't expect to transform your body with any exercise.
If you plan on going in to a coma and sleeping all day, and wanting to lose weight, then yes you would take 500 calories off your BMR.
Sadly you'll be losing a huge part of weight as muscle mass. Unless you have them hook electrodes up to stimulate your muscles while sleeping.
But that's an awful lot of work.
And yes, if your BMR is around 2000, then that likely means you are hauling around a bit of mass, which adds up easily to the day, and for weight bearing exercise.
Your body will get stressed out with you feeding it too little. Sounds like you think feeding it about half what it wants would be useful.
If that is really the thinking, then just stop eating and get it over with quicker, if bigger is better.
Or use the tool correctly for best results.
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