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Suggested Calorie Goal seems a bit high :/

DSTIHTKGx
DSTIHTKGx Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Getting Started
I have have just joined MFP and filled in my profile information. Based on my start weight of 113.7kg (250.66 lbs), MFP has suggested I consume 5,104 calories per day to loose 1 kg per week. In spite of the fact that I selected the lowest activity level option available, I feel this recommended calorie intake is quite high, has anyone else encountered this?

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  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    No that does not seem right. Are you sure you didn't enter a typo in any of your data (age, weight, height)? That is the only thing that would trigger a calorie goal like that.
  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    My first guess is that you entered your took your height in feet and weight in pounds and entered them in meters and kilograms. If you were 5 meters tall and weighed 250 kilos, that's around the calorie goal MFP would generate for you.
  • DSTIHTKGx
    DSTIHTKGx Posts: 2 Member

    Thank you so much for your help! :)


  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Are you set to calories, or kilojoules?
  • gymth0ttie
    gymth0ttie Posts: 51 Member
    I feel the exact opposite lol my calorie intake is only supposed to be 1500
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,132 Member
    Any chance you accidentally selected a goal of gaining 1 kg per week instead of losing 1 kg per week?
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    edited December 2018
    gymth0ttie wrote: »
    I feel the exact opposite lol my calorie intake is only supposed to be 1500

    Plus exercise calories.
    *if you're using mfp's numbers.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    DSTIHTKGx wrote: »
    I have have just joined MFP and filled in my profile information. Based on my start weight of 113.7kg (250.66 lbs), MFP has suggested I consume 5,104 calories per day to loose 1 kg per week. In spite of the fact that I selected the lowest activity level option available, I feel this recommended calorie intake is quite high, has anyone else encountered this?

    You entered something incorrectly.
  • GDowning2Fit
    GDowning2Fit Posts: 26 Member
    How do I change the recommended targets?
  • CindyJNC1963
    CindyJNC1963 Posts: 895 Member
    GDowning2Fit wrote: »
    How do I change the recommended targets?

    If you click on "goals" in the menu bar you should be allowed change some of your targets.
  • lucyb120606
    lucyb120606 Posts: 7 Member
    gymth0ttie wrote: »
    I feel the exact opposite lol my calorie intake is only supposed to be 1500
    gymth0ttie wrote: »
    I feel the exact opposite lol my calorie intake is only supposed to be 1500
    gymth0ttie wrote: »
    I feel the exact opposite lol my calorie intake is only supposed to be 1500

    mine is 1,200 - 1,500 haha
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