Best suggestion on a website for weight loss/calories

mouser36
mouser36 Posts: 15 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Asking the experts! Which is the best website which gives you info on how many calories should I be eating? Is there a calculator here in MFP? I may be missing it!
When I google and go to 5 different sites, each site says a different number.
I'm 5'2"
Weight: 150
Goal weight: 125
Activity: moderate
Any advice?

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  • 1houndgal
    1houndgal Posts: 558 Member
    mouser36 wrote: »
    Asking the experts! Which is the best website which gives you info on how many calories should I be eating? Is there a calculator here in MFP? I may be missing it!
    When I google and go to 5 different sites, each site says a different number.
    I'm 5'2"
    Weight: 150
    Goal weight: 125
    Activity: moderate
    Any advice?

    MFP has one. Try it first.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    edited May 2018
    Just go to MFP and set up your profile with your info, stats, and select 0.5-1 lbs/ week rate of loss. It will provide you a NEAT calorie target meaning daily activity is factored in but not exercise. When you exercises log and eat back those calories. Using a food scale for accuracy will help as well.

    I’m similar stats and started about the same weight as you - I lost most of my weight eating 1400 NET cals so 1600-1800 total, using a FitBit synced with MFP for activity tracking for the last 20 lbs or so. I’m currently maintaining at 118 for the last several years, I average about 12-15 K steps/day and do light circuit training a few times a week.
  • mouser36
    mouser36 Posts: 15 Member
    Thank you! MFP says 1470 calories per day to lose a pound a week. Rolling with that number. Hopefully, it's what will get the weight off. Eating too few calories at 1200 I guess! Thanks for your help!!!

  • beatyfamily1
    beatyfamily1 Posts: 257 Member
    I’ve had far better results coming from www.jimstoppani.com. He doesn’t tell you how many calories you need to eat because that is based on the individual and how much you are currently eating but it ends up being more than you thought. He gives you the diet plan free. His whole exercise program is based on that diet plan. I used to eat about 1,200 calories a day. After joining the Jym Army (that’s what he calls his followers), I’m eating around 1,900 calories and have lost 3 pant sizes in about 3 months. Here’s the free diet plan if you are interested https://www.jimstoppani.com/home/featured-meal-plans/dieting-101
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,128 Member
    How MFP calculates your calorie allowance for weight loss...
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  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    mouser36 wrote: »
    Thank you! MFP says 1470 calories per day to lose a pound a week. Rolling with that number. Hopefully, it's what will get the weight off. Eating too few calories at 1200 I guess! Thanks for your help!!!

    For clarification, had you already started by eating 1200 calories per day and were not losing weight?
  • amberellen12
    amberellen12 Posts: 248 Member
    Your age will also have something to do with it too. I have to eat 300 calories less at 60 than I would at 25.
  • Poisonedpawn78
    Poisonedpawn78 Posts: 1,145 Member
    All of them. Because they are ALL just estimates and starting points. You will have to adjust based on your personal results over time.

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