Caloric intake questions

bruinsgirl3319

Hi everyone!

I'm a 5'2, 155 lb female with a goal weight of 130 lbs. I have my activity set as lightly active since besides my workouts I am on my feet all day at my job as a cashier. I have both my Fitbit Alta HR and MFP set to lose 1.5 lbs/week. My BMR and TDEE are both roughly 1500 and 2300 respectively.

I've initially started out at having a static eating goal of 1400 calories on both apps. However, I also know that Fitbit has the option of adjusting your caloric intake per day based on how active you are during the day. After a couple of weeks I may go that route if I find myself too hungry on the 1400 calories, but I also know MFP usually tries to predetermine your calories.

So my two questions:

1. If I do go the route of eating calories based on my activity level, how would that work if MFP usually tries to predetermine your calories?

2. Should I be able to do this, when I go to adjust the number of calories I can eat in MFP how would I input it so I know everything's properly syncing?

Thank you!

heybales

1 - If you sync - then MFP corrects itself with an Adjustment figure shown on the Exercise Diary page (despite the fact it may not be any exercise) so that you are properly eating more when you do more, and eating less when you do less. You still control the amount of deficit used and could make that foolish or smart.

2 - ? If you have a manually entered eating goal and sync Fitbit, your eating goal starts at where you put it - and then it receives the adjustment based on what you really did.


MFP does predetermine your calories BTW, no try about it.
Your BMR and your selection of activity level right or wrong, and the math gives a predetermined eating level.
For the days when you don't exercise and your activity level matches what you did - would it be correct.
If you workout - you log it on MFP then (since that comment sounds like no Fitbit syncing going on).