Number of Calories

gaurdgoose

according to the site I should eat 2750 calories a day
How can I lose weight?
I have been averaging 14-1800 calories the last 2 weeks.

I am thinking of going up to 2000 calories and concentrating on getting my 170 g of protein and 30 g of fiber and keep carbs under 120 g

What do you think
I am 53 years old 333 pounds and 5'10"

futuremanda

1400 calories would be like maybe what I'd eat as a 29-year-old, 5 foot 5 female. To diet. So that's way too low for you. Trust MFP. Under eating is not a good long-term plan, and it doesn't fit in to any plan with a goal of living a healthy lifestyle.

I pulled up a calculator and used sedentary as the lifestyle, and it says between 1834 and 2334, assuming no exercise, would get you 1-2 lbs per week. (You don't want to go any faster anyway, if you want to preserve your muscle, skin, and general health.)

If you work out, you can either not eat those calories back, or eat back maybe half. (To be safe, since calories burned AND eaten are always an estimate no matter how carefully measured, and so there will always be some margin of error there.)

Liftng4Lis

MFP already has your deficit built in. Additionally, you will earn more calories through exercise. Follow their recommendations and you'll lose.

brianpperkins

For a man of your size, the number from MFP really isn't a high caloric level to still lose weight. Your BMR comes out to around 2670 right now ... so over 3200 to maintain at a sedentary activity level.

What you're eating now is far too little if you want to do this in a healthy way. The choice is yours.

lizek316

Also, if you eat too few calories, your body will think you are starving and hold onto the fat for dear life.

juggernaut1974

lizek316 wrote: »

Also, if you eat too few calories, your body will think you are starving and hold onto the fat for dear life.

No

Aside from that post, I agree with all the others.

brianpperkins

lizek316 wrote: »

Also, if you eat too few calories, your body will think you are starving and hold onto the fat for dear life.

That's not how it works.

AliceDark

OP, the goal should be to eat as many calories as possible while still losing weight, not to survive on as few calories as you can. As you lose weight, your calorie target will drop. If you start out at rock bottom, what are you going to do when you hit your first plateau? If MFP has set you at 2700 calories to lose 2 pounds per week, you should follow that for 4-6 weeks and then adjust if necessary. (FWIW, I'm 5'4" and 127 pounds, and I lose just fine at around 1500. You need more than 1400-1800 per day).