How many calories???

rsjane
rsjane Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
hi guys/girls I'm very stuck really would like some help, here goes I have a Fitbit and I burn 2200, cal a day how much should I be eating to lose weight with out staving myself, I'm doing herbal life at mo, and I'm guessing I'm eating around 1200 cal a day that's including shakes, I do eat healthy too, I'm not working out at the moment as I'm having a break, but before I would do around 30 mins a day fast walking of light jogging , of course I would burn more calories then ,
But my question is how many calories should I be eating a day?
Thank u hope someone can help!

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  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    Connect your accounts at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/fitbit

    Set your goal to .5 lb. for every 25 lbs. you're overweight: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

    Enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

    In the MFP app, go to More > Steps and choose Fitbit.

    Ignore your Fitbit calorie goal and follow MFP's, eating back your adjustments. No need to log any step-based activity—your Fitbit is tracking it for you. Log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) either in Fitbit or in MFP—never both. Exercise logged in MFP overwrites your Fitbit burn during that time.

    You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users
  • arb037
    arb037 Posts: 203 Member
    Go to other websites to cross check your BMR and TDEE. with what fitbit and MFP tell you.. MOST calculators over estimate calorie burn,

    http://www.calculator.net/bmr-calculator.html

    also
    Mifflin St. Jeor Equation

    For men: BMR = 10 x weight (kg) + 6.25 x height (cm) – 5 x age (years) + 5
    For women: BMR = 10 x weight (kg) + 6.25 x height (cm) – 5 x age (years) – 161

    http://dailyburn.com/life/health/how-to-calculate-bmr/

    Take an average from multiple sources for your TDEE, and eat 300-500 calories less..
    I use MFP simply for tracking calories, I dont use its TDEE goal, or eat back exercise
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    arb037 wrote: »
    Go to other websites to cross check your BMR and TDEE with what Fitbit and MFP tell you. Take an average from multiple sources for your TDEE, and eat 300-500 calories less.

    Why overcomicate things? The easiest way to gauge the accuracy of your Fitbit TDEE is to trust it for several weeks, then reevaluate your progress.

    Using the settings I explained above (and logging exercise in Fitbit rather than MFP), I logged everything I eat & drink accurately & honestly, lost the weight, and have kept it off for more than a year.

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