Why eating too little calories is a bad idea.....
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Tacklewasher wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »
Hmmm. He's wrong about something.
"Popular diet apps like MyFitnessPal constantly suggesting “1200 calories” as the ideal daily calorie intake for a wide range of the women who use it."
MFP has it set as a floor, not as an ideal. Funny that MFP is set up pretty much to agree with what he says, but he misses this point (and I like the site).
Yes, it only appears as if MFP is suggesting 1200 as an ideal because everyone runs in and chooses 2 pounds per week and sedentary. I still think a 'suggested rate of loss' based on current weight and goal weight would be a valuable addition to the goal setup screen.16 -
nathalieprudencio wrote: »Wow great information. I had an ex that would get grumpy if he didn't get enough sleep. Overall the accuracy is what I like from what I heard. How do you get a food scale? Or where, i mean?!
Really? Walmart, Target, Kohls, Bed Bath and Beyond, Shopko, basically any department store that has a kitchen section - and they all do. Or Amazon.1 -
Sheesh: MFP has never suggested 1200 Calories/day for me.Tacklewasher wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »
Hmmm. He's wrong about something.
"Popular diet apps like MyFitnessPal constantly suggesting “1200 calories” as the ideal daily calorie intake for a wide range of the women who use it."
MFP has it set as a floor, not as an ideal. Funny that MFP is set up pretty much to agree with what he says, but he misses this point (and I like the site).
Yes, it only appears as if MFP is suggesting 1200 as an ideal because everyone runs in and chooses 2 pounds per week and sedentary. I still think a 'suggested rate of loss' based on current weight and goal weight would be a valuable addition to the goal setup screen.
(I've always put in "sedentary," because I always have been; but I've never put in more than 1.5 lbs/week.)
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Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »
Sheesh: MFP has never suggested 1200 Calories/day for me.Tacklewasher wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »
Hmmm. He's wrong about something.
"Popular diet apps like MyFitnessPal constantly suggesting “1200 calories” as the ideal daily calorie intake for a wide range of the women who use it."
MFP has it set as a floor, not as an ideal. Funny that MFP is set up pretty much to agree with what he says, but he misses this point (and I like the site).
Yes, it only appears as if MFP is suggesting 1200 as an ideal because everyone runs in and chooses 2 pounds per week and sedentary. I still think a 'suggested rate of loss' based on current weight and goal weight would be a valuable addition to the goal setup screen.
(I've always put in "sedentary," because I always have been; but I've never put in more than 1.5 lbs/week.)
It's clear from some of the posts here that if MFP let you select a faster than 2 lbs per week weight loss, we'd have folks trying to get by on 800 cals a day.
@pinuplove is right. It would be nice to see MFP give a suggested weight loss rate based on current height/weight.10 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »
Sheesh: MFP has never suggested 1200 Calories/day for me.Tacklewasher wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »
Hmmm. He's wrong about something.
"Popular diet apps like MyFitnessPal constantly suggesting “1200 calories” as the ideal daily calorie intake for a wide range of the women who use it."
MFP has it set as a floor, not as an ideal. Funny that MFP is set up pretty much to agree with what he says, but he misses this point (and I like the site).
Yes, it only appears as if MFP is suggesting 1200 as an ideal because everyone runs in and chooses 2 pounds per week and sedentary. I still think a 'suggested rate of loss' based on current weight and goal weight would be a valuable addition to the goal setup screen.
(I've always put in "sedentary," because I always have been; but I've never put in more than 1.5 lbs/week.)
It's clear from some of the posts here that if MFP let you select a faster than 2 lbs per week weight loss, we'd have folks trying to get by on 800 cals a day.
@pinuplove is right. It would be nice to see MFP give a suggested weight loss rate based on current height/weight.
Just memorializing the time @Tacklewasher was nice to me!5 -
Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »
Sheesh: MFP has never suggested 1200 Calories/day for me.Tacklewasher wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »
Hmmm. He's wrong about something.
"Popular diet apps like MyFitnessPal constantly suggesting “1200 calories” as the ideal daily calorie intake for a wide range of the women who use it."
MFP has it set as a floor, not as an ideal. Funny that MFP is set up pretty much to agree with what he says, but he misses this point (and I like the site).
Yes, it only appears as if MFP is suggesting 1200 as an ideal because everyone runs in and chooses 2 pounds per week and sedentary. I still think a 'suggested rate of loss' based on current weight and goal weight would be a valuable addition to the goal setup screen.
(I've always put in "sedentary," because I always have been; but I've never put in more than 1.5 lbs/week.)
You would eventually, if you kept the sedentary setting and set it to lose 2 pounds a week
For my height and weight, set to sedentary, I get 1350 calories when set to lose 1/2 pound per week - which means I'd hit the 1200 floor at 1, 1.5, or 2 pounds. 1 -
1200 probably appears default to new users, who then hear of others that got it, as if some big surprise.
And precisely because of picking Sedentary and 2 lb loss goal.
A chart of recommended loss rates would be great.
A tad more on activity levels would be smart also - so many getting activity trackers that look at what they get before they get inspired to move more - already moving into Lightly Active.
A 40 hr desk job doesn't mean sedentary lifestyle for the other 40 hrs during the week and then throw the weekend in there.5 -
1200 probably appears default to new users, who then hear of others that got it, as if some big surprise.
And precisely because of picking Sedentary and 2 lb loss goal.
A chart of recommended loss rates would be great.
A tad more on activity levels would be smart also - so many getting activity trackers that look at what they get before they get inspired to move more - already moving into Lightly Active.
A 40 hr desk job doesn't mean sedentary lifestyle for the other 40 hrs during the week and then throw the weekend in there.
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