Scooby's TDEE vs. MFP

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  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
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    knittingbee928 wrote: »
    knittingbee928 wrote: »
    When you tell it how much you want to lose per week you are selecting the deficit.

    0.5 lb per week = 250 cal deficit
    1 lb per week = 500 cal deficit
    1.5 lb per week = 750 cal deficit
    2 lb per week = 1000 cal deficit

    That said MFP bottoms out at 1200. So if you maintain on 1600, the largest deficit MFP will give you is 400 calories.

    That's it! I didn't realize that when you select the pounds per week, MFP correlates that with # of calories.

    At this point, I'm not looking to lose - actually to maintain, but I'm not sure how much I should add back. How do you guys figure out what # of calories you maintain at, without messing it up and gaining it back? Do you add back a little at a time? I guess I don't trust the calculator :)

    Look at your intake history and avg rate of loss.

    If you lost an avg of say 1 lb per week, add 500 calories to what your avg intake was over the same time frame.

    You can slowly increase to that number by adding 100 calories a week or something like that if you feel more comfortable. Or you can set MFP to maintain and see what happens to your weight over the next few weeks.

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