Calories correct?

trudiebamford

My calorie recommendation is currently 1530 calories - I weigh 149lbs and my goal is 140, I've selected not very active and 0.5lbs loss a week. It seems pretty high to me - another website calculates my BMR at 1440 calories a day?

jemhh

1530 looks right to me.

nosebag1212

1530 looks right to me too, BMR is what you'd burn if you were in a coma all day.

malibu927

Keep in mind that BMR is the amount of calories your body burns just to live. In order to lose weight, you need to be below your TDEE (which accounts for everything you burn in a day).

cwolfman13

trudiebamford wrote: »

My calorie recommendation is currently 1530 calories - I weigh 149lbs and my goal is 140, I've selected not very active and 0.5lbs loss a week. It seems pretty high to me - another website calculates my BMR at 1440 calories a day?

Your BMR is the calories you burn merely existing...I assume you do more than exist. You can and generally should eat at or above your BMR...because you do more than exist.

TavistockToad

Sounds fine to me. Why don't you try it?

CyberTone

As long as you have a good handle on estimating calories in and calories out, that sounds right. I am currently 5'8", 148 lbs., and 55 y.o. My maintenance is about 1840 Cals Net. I have a Fitbit Charge HR and weigh, measure, and record all food (have been for 3+ years). If I net below 1800, I lose weight.

trudiebamford

I think what's really worrying me is, last week my recommended calories was 1300. Then I did some messing with goals, changing different options, but when I went back to the original choices, it set it as 1530.......

Christine_72

I'm 5"8, weigh the same as you, age 44 and mfp gives me 1490 to lose 0.5lbs a week. Maybe that 4 extra years gives me 40 less calories than you. How tall are you?

RoxieDawn

trudiebamford wrote: »

I think what's really worrying me is, last week my recommended calories was 1300. Then I did some messing with goals, changing different options, but when I went back to the original choices, it set it as 1530.......

Trust the method.. try it for 3-4 weeks..

Helloitsdan

Maintenance for you at sedentary is about 1850kcal/day.

savithny

Just because every woman's magazine ever printed has told us all that 1200 calories is all a woman needs to eat to live, doesn't mean its true. 1500 calories is not "pretty high." And your BMR is not "maintenance," its "what they'd put into your feeding tube if you were in a vegetative state."

trudiebamford

5'10"

Christine_72

trudiebamford wrote: »

5'10"

Then 1530 calories is definitely not too high.