Eating 3000 calories to hit my goal??

themightymex

So I've finally decided that I was sick of looking at myself in the mirror and decided to do something about it. I've been watching a ton a YouTube videos and using the interwebs to help me train in the gym. MFP has been a YUGEEE help as well. But recently I haven't been losing as much weight as I wanted to and I wanted to know if it was because I never really reach my calorie goal on MFP. I'm 6 foot 1. 202 lbs. Around 25 percent body fat. I'm fairly active as I bike to work everyday, workout 6 days a week (4 strength days + cardio and 2 pure cardio days). I have a fitbit which tracks my steps. Usually I eat around 2300 calories. But mfp is telling me to eat 3000 calories. Should I really eat that many calories or should I just stick to my diet. ( I have lost around 13 lbs in 73 days) any advice would be much appreciated.

rodeothedog

My fitness tells me to eat 1640 But I eat 1300 around. I started at 209. Now 174

TR0berts

13 lb in 73 days is just over 1 lb per week - which I'd consider really good. I'd say keep doing what you're doing for now.

cwolfman13

themightymex wrote: »

So I've finally decided that I was sick of looking at myself in the mirror and decided to do something about it. I've been watching a ton a YouTube videos and using the interwebs to help me train in the gym. MFP has been a YUGEEE help as well. But recently I haven't been losing as much weight as I wanted to and I wanted to know if it was because I never really reach my calorie goal on MFP. I'm 6 foot 1. 202 lbs. Around 25 percent body fat. I'm fairly active as I bike to work everyday, workout 6 days a week (4 strength days + cardio and 2 pure cardio days). I have a fitbit which tracks my steps. Usually I eat around 2300 calories. But mfp is telling me to eat 3000 calories. Should I really eat that many calories or should I just stick to my diet. ( I have lost around 13 lbs in 73 days) any advice would be much appreciated.

What do you have your activity level set to? Does it include all of that activity? Are you then logging that activity? If so then you're "double dipping" and that's why your target is so high.

I maintain on roughly 3,000 calories per day and lose fine on 2300 calories per day. Also, at this point you have your own data to work with...these calculators are just meant as reasonably good starting points...they're not gospel...your own real world data is gospel. Your data tells you that you're losing a little over 1 Lb per week which is solid...it means your maintenance is between 2,800 - 3,000 calories.

Use your own data and ignore the calculator at this point.