Nick PerryFounder and CEO of 7 Figure Cartel

I Ate 860 Calories a Day To Get Absolutely Shredded 😳 | The Truth About Discipline

26 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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Nick Perry recounts an intense personal fitness transformation in which he reduced his calorie intake progressively (2200 → 1800 → 1200 → 860) while following a rigorous training schedule (five days a week lifting; cardio daily; 45 minutes morning and evening at peak). He reports going from ~30 pounds over his ideal weight at about 20% body fat down to 165 lbs and 7% body fat, with the lowest-calorie phase (860 kcal/day) lasting the last six weeks of prep. The narrative includes a timeline marker: "By July 26."

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2200 calories → 1800 calories → 1200 calories → 860 calories (final phase).

The last six weeks.

Five days a week lifting; cardio every single day; at the end he did 45 minutes in the morning and 45 minutes in the evening.

About 20% body fat and "still 30 pounds overweight."

165 lbs at 7% body fat.

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Still 30 pounds overweight. I was kind of shell shocked from going through all of that and I needed to get back on top. He came up to me and he's like, what if I were able to pitch you to the magazine? I was like, yeah, try it, whatever. Two days later he's like, hey. They responded, they said, yeah, get ready. By July 26, five days a week lifting cardio every single day for at the end, it was pretty brutal. I was doing 45 minutes in the morning, 45 minutes in the evening. My coach had me at 2200 calories, 1800 calories, 1200 calories. And then for the last six weeks I was at 860 calories, like less than a Victoria's Secret model. A huge transformation though. I from 30 pounds overweight at about 20 body fat and I got all the way down to 165 at 7% body fat.