Initial goal question

giannigreco83

Hello guys, I will quickly tell you that I lost 50 pounds thanks to mfp 2 years ago but I managed to mess it all up and undo all the job. Now it's tough but I have to lose those pounds again. I set my goal on mfp and this is my question:

I am 282 pounds, with goal of 190 losing 2 pounds per week. Active lifestyle and I'm 6'1 tall. Mfp set me at 2,500 calories per day. Does that sound accurate to you or is it a bit too much ? Thank you for reading

Tacklewasher

BMR (assume 30 yrs old) is around 2550. I can't remember what the MFP factor is for active, but http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/harris-benedict-equation/ has it as 1.55, so NEAT of ~3950 would give a 2 lb loss calorie level of 2,950.

I'm thinking the factor MFP uses is lower, if I use 1.4 then the math works.

Anyway, you are in the ballpark. Try it for 4-6 weeks and see what the actual results are and then adjust up or down as needed.

Remember this does not include calories burned through exercise, so be prepared to eat some of those back as well (unless you are counting them as part of your "active lifestyle").

giannigreco83

Tacklewasher wrote: »

BMR (assume 30 yrs old) is around 2550. I can't remember what the MFP factor is for active, but http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/harris-benedict-equation/ has it as 1.55, so NEAT of ~3950 would give a 2 lb loss calorie level of 2,950.

I'm thinking the factor MFP uses is lower, if I use 1.4 then the math works.

Anyway, you are in the ballpark. Try it for 4-6 weeks and see what the actual results are and then adjust up or down as needed.

Remember this does not include calories burned through exercise, so be prepared to eat some of those back as well (unless you are counting them as part of your "active lifestyle").

Thank you very much for your answer.
I am 34 years old and I selected active as I am a restaurant general manager and spend an average of 8 hours a day standing and walking back and forth. I virtually never sit down at work. And I did not include workout calories. I am guessing 2,500 is not too high as I thought. I will definitely start this for a month or so and see how it goes. Thank you again

Tacklewasher

giannigreco83 wrote: »

Tacklewasher wrote: »

BMR (assume 30 yrs old) is around 2550. I can't remember what the MFP factor is for active, but http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/harris-benedict-equation/ has it as 1.55, so NEAT of ~3950 would give a 2 lb loss calorie level of 2,950.

I'm thinking the factor MFP uses is lower, if I use 1.4 then the math works.

Anyway, you are in the ballpark. Try it for 4-6 weeks and see what the actual results are and then adjust up or down as needed.

Remember this does not include calories burned through exercise, so be prepared to eat some of those back as well (unless you are counting them as part of your "active lifestyle").

Thank you very much for your answer.
I am 34 years old and I selected active as I am a restaurant general manager and spend an average of 8 hours a day standing and walking back and forth. I virtually never sit down at work. And I did not include workout calories. I am guessing 2,500 is not too high as I thought. I will definitely start this for a month or so and see how it goes. Thank you again

Awesome.

For comparison, I sit on my *kitten* all day (I'm an accountant) and have gone from 330+ to around 220 and, yeah the initial food amount surprised me but it worked. Of course, now at 220 if I want to eat like that I need to go run 5K for the extra calories

tinkerbellang83

How MFP calculates:

giannigreco83

Tacklewasher wrote: »

giannigreco83 wrote: »

Tacklewasher wrote: »

BMR (assume 30 yrs old) is around 2550. I can't remember what the MFP factor is for active, but http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/harris-benedict-equation/ has it as 1.55, so NEAT of ~3950 would give a 2 lb loss calorie level of 2,950.

I'm thinking the factor MFP uses is lower, if I use 1.4 then the math works.

Anyway, you are in the ballpark. Try it for 4-6 weeks and see what the actual results are and then adjust up or down as needed.

Remember this does not include calories burned through exercise, so be prepared to eat some of those back as well (unless you are counting them as part of your "active lifestyle").

Thank you very much for your answer.
I am 34 years old and I selected active as I am a restaurant general manager and spend an average of 8 hours a day standing and walking back and forth. I virtually never sit down at work. And I did not include workout calories. I am guessing 2,500 is not too high as I thought. I will definitely start this for a month or so and see how it goes. Thank you again

Awesome.

For comparison, I sit on my *kitten* all day (I'm an accountant) and have gone from 330+ to around 220 and, yeah the initial food amount surprised me but it worked. Of course, now at 220 if I want to eat like that I need to go run 5K for the extra calories

So you would say this should work now but in the next 2 months or so I probably will have to adjust the goals because my body should require less calories intake correct ?