I find it hard to believe...

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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    synacious wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    endlessfall16 wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I'm a 5'4 female at 179lbs who maintains at 2400, so it doesn't surprise me.

    Have you checked with other sources such as http://www.calorieking.com/ ?

    Yeah, No! That site gives me 1100 calories for lightly active...

    I used CalorieKing before MFP existed. It was 13 years ago and I was fresh out of high school. I lost weight, but at the end they were giving me 1000 calories per day when I was 119 pounds. I remember having some seriously hungry days.

    Jeez :( I'm sure there are a lot of hangry people using that site...

  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    I still don't understand. You're losing weight eating at the recommended amount for MFP. Why do you find the MFP number so hard to believe? The evidence is right there on the scale!
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    synacious wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    endlessfall16 wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I'm a 5'4 female at 179lbs who maintains at 2400, so it doesn't surprise me.

    Have you checked with other sources such as http://www.calorieking.com/ ?

    Yeah, No! That site gives me 1100 calories for lightly active...

    I used CalorieKing before MFP existed. It was 13 years ago and I was fresh out of high school. I lost weight, but at the end they were giving me 1000 calories per day when I was 119 pounds. I remember having some seriously hungry days.
    Wow, I'll sometimes use CalorieKing to confirm an entry's nutrition but jeeze. That's nuts.

  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    misskarne wrote: »
    I still don't understand. You're losing weight eating at the recommended amount for MFP. Why do you find the MFP number so hard to believe? The evidence is right there on the scale!

    Because some people (a lot actually) can't believe they can eat a reasonable (aka not be half-starved all the time) amount of food and lose weight.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    zyxst wrote: »
    misskarne wrote: »
    I still don't understand. You're losing weight eating at the recommended amount for MFP. Why do you find the MFP number so hard to believe? The evidence is right there on the scale!

    Because some people (a lot actually) can't believe they can eat a reasonable (aka not be half-starved all the time) amount of food and lose weight.

    Yep. Most of us have had it drummed into us that "dieting equals misery and starvation"
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    synacious wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    endlessfall16 wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I'm a 5'4 female at 179lbs who maintains at 2400, so it doesn't surprise me.

    Have you checked with other sources such as http://www.calorieking.com/ ?

    Yeah, No! That site gives me 1100 calories for lightly active...

    I used CalorieKing before MFP existed. It was 13 years ago and I was fresh out of high school. I lost weight, but at the end they were giving me 1000 calories per day when I was 119 pounds. I remember having some seriously hungry days.

    Jeez :( I'm sure there are a lot of hangry people using that site...



    Dieting to lose lbs by default is going to make people hungry. Otherwise it wouldn't so hard!

    Maybe I'm doing something wrong with MFP being new, but MFP gives me 1340 as opposed to Calorieking's 1500.

    My original response to that person was because her number seemed too high by calorieking.

    But like she said, the actual scale and progress is best. Carry on.

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