1500 calories, 5'10" 200 lbs... will I lose weight?

TeaBea

cleenjones wrote: »

I'm truly confused and hope someone can help. MFP says I should be eating 1200 calories a day to lose weight ( I'm a 54 yr old female), but that seems low. Is there a more accurate way to figure out how many calories I should eat each day?

1200 is a default based on "I want to lose xx pounds per week." That said, 1200 is more appropriate for elderly or petite sedentary women.

Choose an appropriate weekly weight loss and you get a more accurate calorie estimate. Choose no more than 1% of your current weight, and remember MFP gives you a calorie goal before exercise.

brig220

I’m the same age and 5’9”, loosing at 1600 calories with not much to loose. I had a similar question when I started here recently. 1200 calories is really low for anyone. I would think that you’ll loose at anything under 2000 cal. You may want to start easy, like 1800 because you don’t want to get too hungry when you start, and decrease if the scale doesn’t move after a couple of weeks.

Piqueaboo

You will lose weight on 1500 calories, but slower. It's fine. It's not a race.