2650 Calories a day??!

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  • TarheelramTr
    TarheelramTr Posts: 18
    edited December 2014
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    I'm a 5'10" male and oldish...I am active and that's right around my maintenance calories. With your stats, and if your activity level is indeed "active", the number you are getting is highly plausible.

    Also, with MFP's method, you account for exercise after the fact when you log it...if you are including that in you "active" activity level then you would not want to log exercise and eat those calories back as you would be double dipping.

    Oh so exercise should not be included with the activity set? Since I have classes would it be best to set my activity to low and then include the exercise calories?
  • nosebag1212
    nosebag1212 Posts: 621 Member
    edited December 2014
    14-16 cals per lb bodyweight is a rough guideline for most peoples' maintenance, 2650 calories is not some huge maintenance by any means
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    edited December 2014
    Nevermind. You answered my question in another post. However, as another poster said, eating 1000 or less is NOT healthy. The calories you have been told to eat seem accurate for someone of your height and weight.
  • TarheelramTr
    TarheelramTr Posts: 18
    Well now that I changed it to low activity it went all the way down to 2150 which is basically 2350 since I burn 200 calories or more each day exercising. I'm already at 1000 right now.
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