New to this app

mandilamadrid

Hello! I'm coming over here from MyPlate because my aunt said she preferred MFP. I'm wondering if this app, like MyPlate, automatically calculates your allotted calories with a deficit? Like if I reached my calorie goal every day and did not exercise (just hypothetical - i do exercise), would I still have a deficit and lose weight?

seska422

Yes.

If you go through the guided setup and tell MFP that you want to lose one pound per week (that's a 500 calorie daily deficit), the calorie goal that you are given already includes that 500 calorie deficit.

There is a minimum calorie amount. If you choose a goal that would put you below the minimum then your goal includes just enough deficit to put you at the minimum.