How to edit

zahra59

How to edit calories take in ?

bpetrosky

Not sure what you mean? Do you need to change your calorie target or correct a food item in the database?

zahra59

No I want to edit to say how much I want to loose weekly so it gives a a number of calories to eat a day I want to loose 3 pounds a week

queenliz99

How much do you want to lose?

usmcmp

zahra59 wrote: »

No I want to edit to say how much I want to loose weekly so it gives a a number of calories to eat a day I want to loose 3 pounds a week

MyFitnessPal will not allow you to set a goal to lose 3 pounds per week. That rate is inappropriate for most people. To reach that your deficit would have to be 1500 calories per day. Most women burn 1800-2200 calories per day. Meaning you would be setting your calories too far below 1200 to be considered safe.

zahra59

Ok thank you it says I should eat 1500 calories but I want to loose 2 pounds per week is that too much calories?

zahra59

I want to loose 30 pounds

kommodevaran

With only 30 pounds to LOSE, you can LOSE no more than 1 pound per week, and that's only initially; as you LOSE weight, your body uses less energy and you will LOSE more slowly, so that after some time your loss will be around 1/2 pound per week. That's normal, healthy and realistic. Set up your calorie goal to reflect this, and it will be so much easier.

JoeCWV

set your weight loss at .5 pounds a week and proceed. What's your hurry?