My calories intake increased as I am loosing weight, is it right?

e_kuk

I was 182 lb, my fitness pal assigned 1200 calories a day to eat. Now I am 159 lb, edited my numbers on my profile and calories intake changed to 1570 ! Should be this way? No mistake??

rcervetto

Did you change your rate of loss, say from 2 pounds per week to 1 pound per week? That would reduce your deficit by 500 calories per day (so add 500 calories to your daily goal). And since your weight is less, your NEAT has gone down, so your goal did not increase by the full 500 calories.

e_kuk

You are so right rcervetto! I did change my loss rate from 2 to 1 lb, accidentally now I changed it back to 2 lb and my 1200cal food intake came back.. Thank you!

malibu927

e_kuk wrote: »

You are so right rcervetto! I did change my loss rate from 2 to 1 lb, accidentally now I changed it back to 2 lb and my 1200cal food intake came back.. Thank you!

In order to lose a pound a week you need to create a 500 calorie a day deficit; to lose two pounds a week, you have to create a 1000 calorie deficit. Since the difference between 1 and 2 pound a week is less than 500 calories, you hit the minimum calorie suggestion of 1200. This shows that 2 pounds a week is too aggressive for your needs, and you'll probably do better on the 1570 calories.