1700 cal diet

jaramajo1

I'm averaging 1200-1600 per day. I want to lose 125 lbs. I'm stationary in a wheelchair. Do I need more or less? I don't want to go in starving mode.

kommodevaran

How many calories did MFP give you as a goal? Did you pick sedentary as your activity level?
I'm also a bit curious why you are asking, why don't you trust MFP, will you take advice from strangers on the Internet?

Starvation mode, as the extremely popular and widespread idea that you'll stop losing weight if you eat too little, is totally a myth. You will indeed lose weight if you stick to the calorie goal MFP gave you. But that presupposes that you really are eating that. Estimating, guessing, forgetting and cheating is not using MFP as intended.

TavistockToad

If MFP gave you 1700 cals, eat 1700 cals. You can always tweak your goal after 4-6 weeks depending what the scale does.

Basilin

I would recommend reading up on and calculating your BMR and TDEE to figure out how many calories you need for weight loss. You may also want to talk to a physician/nutritionist. I would not rely solely on MFP calculations for calories. You need to investigate more if you are going to change your eating habits based on numbers instead of your instincts/habits.

These threads are very helpful: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300319/most-helpful-posts-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help-must-reads

This one discusses calculating how many calories you should be eating for weight loss using BMR/TDEE: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/975025/in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet/p1

OliveGirl128

TavistockToad wrote: »

If MFP gave you 1700 cals, eat 1700 cals. You can always tweak your goal after 4-6 weeks depending what the scale does.

This.

Go by the calorie intake that MFP gave you.

a_candler

IF the settings are correct then I'd follow that calorie goal. I say if, because if you've estimated your activity level too low with an aggressive weight loss goal then Mfp will give too low of a calorie range. But 1700 is a good #, it's what I started with when I joined.