MFP increased my calories... why?

Tbird0601
Tbird0601 Posts: 4 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So my SW was 160. Now done to 146.4 after about 7 weeks. MFP initially gave me 1270 cals per day. Today when I updated my weight (about 1lb loss from when I updated last week) and my goal. My initial goal was 147. Since I reached it I made my new goal 141 (for a normal BMI). Ultimately I'm looking to get down to about 120 or so, but I liked the little confetti screen I got when I reached my goal today so I thought I'd put in a mini-goal. Anyway, when I updated my weight and goal, I suddenly was upped to 1420 cals. I thought maybe it was bc my goal was so close or something but when I played it with it, it stayed at 1420. My activity setting is the same, and it's still set at 1lb a week. My understanding was that the less you weight, the lower your calorie needs. So why when I've lost weight would they increase my calories? Any insights are appreciated!

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  • Meghanebk
    Meghanebk Posts: 321 Member
    Double check your activity level didn't shift from sedentary to lightly active or whatever? And that you're still set to 1 lb/week? Did you add 6 inches to your height? The only other thing I can think of is if you linked a fitbit or exercise tracker to MFP and it's adding exercise calories.
  • Tbird0601
    Tbird0601 Posts: 4 Member
    Everything's the same! I double and triple checked. Plus, they didn't just increase my calories for today, they just switched it for every day. I can't decide whether to listen to them or just manually change it back.

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