Calorie Limits

pschristmas

Okay, according to MFP, I should be eating 1650 kcals daily to lose 1 # per week. According to Dr. Gourmet, I should be eating 1200 kcals per day, and according to the American Heart Institute, I should be eating 1990 kcals per day. All predict a weight loss of 1 # per week. At this point, I'm just frustrated. Why is there so much variation between calculators? (I have no plan to follow the Dr. Gourmet restrictions, BTW.)

vorgas

Different formulas to calculate RMR and lifestyle adjustment. Find one you like, stick with it. Adjust as necessary for your results.

atypicalsmith

Do any of these factor in exercise?

SezxyStef

okay so any calorie recommendations from Dr Gourmet I think I would ignore esp since he has "diet plans"...

American heart one indicates to reduce that number by 1lb a week loss...but that being said it gives me 2400 calories to maintain...which in the summer is pretty accurate....so MFP isn't far off...

SueInAz

Try the calorie goal MFP gives you. Try it for a couple of weeks and see if your weight loss is really one pound per week. Adjust as necessary.

StaciMarie1974

MFP is 1650 + exercise. Does the American Heart Institute already factor in exercise? If so these 2 plans are probably similar in the end.

I'd ignore a Dr. plan that has diet restrictions - unless those restrictions were from my personal doctor based on my own medical condition...

dwarfiegodsmack

go with MFP number for 3-4 weeks and then adjust if necessary

pschristmas

Thanks. All calculations were for lightly active. I'm probably going to shoot for somewhere between the MFP and AHI numbers. I'm having hypoglycemic symptoms almost every day with the MFP limit -- shaking, irritability, confusion, etc. -- and can't seem to get my protein percentage up without going over.

I pretty much ignore everything on Dr. Gourmet except the recipes and some of the answers to readers' questions. They've got this weird idea of basing calorie intake on the weight you want to be that is completely unsustainable and possibly unhealthy. They've got some great recipes, though.

Sydneyv13

MFP said I should be eating 1800 to lose 1.5lbs a week. I have been eating 1200 since mid January per a NP at a diet clinic and I have lost 19lbs. I'm 5'9, started MFP at 231 now down to 212 with a end goal of 180 which is still on the higher end of what the government thinks I should weigh. I go to the gym 6 days a week now so I eat more on gym days usually 1500/1600. It was really hard at first to eat so little, but I am used to it now.

MyM0wM0w

I don't think I'd trust anything named Dr. Gourmet..... I'd choose an accredited medical institute over some random schmuck.