What are your stats and maintenance calories?

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  • Tolstolobik
    Tolstolobik Posts: 78 Member
    mk2fit wrote: »
    I am 60, female, 5'7" and have been in maintenance for well over 3 years. I stay within 3 or so pounds in the mid to upper 110s. I have always kept my activity set to sedentary for no other reason than I know what MFP is going to do. MFP thinks I should only eat 1540 calories/day. Going with TDEE and all that jazz, I set myself to 1800. In real life, I probably eat 2000-3000 most days.

    I do run for an hour most days, weather permitting. I walk a lot with my husband and dog every day. When the weather is bad, I work out on my elliptical or "bounce" to cardio and/or strength videos on youtube.

    It did take me several months to find my happy place in maintenance so don't give up! Some of us overshoot and keep losing, others bounce back up and find themselves having to lose again. One of the not so great things about MFP is once you get to maintenance, it is tough to find the encouragement you need.

    Good luck!

    Thank you so much for your encouragement and sharing what you do to maintain!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,542 Member
    Tolstolobik wrote: »
    A question- If I mostly do walking/jogging based exercise(I do occasional bodyweight exercises as well), do I set my activity level to "Not Very Active", enable negative calorie adjustments and let Fitbit feed the step count into MFP? Will this give me a good general idea of my TDEE?

    You could do that. Fitbit estimates are close to accurate for most people (but can be off for some - not the fault of the device, but rather the nature of statistical estimates, which is what it's doing).

    If you've been calorie counting, take the total amount you've lost in pounds, multiply it by 3500 (approximate number of calories in a pound), divide the result by the number of days in the time period, and add your average daily gross intake to that number = your approximate TDEE over the time period. If that's reasonably close to what your Fitbit says your TDEE is, you're probably fine with synching the Fitbit to MFP and eating those calories.
  • Tolstolobik
    Tolstolobik Posts: 78 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Tolstolobik wrote: »
    A question- If I mostly do walking/jogging based exercise(I do occasional bodyweight exercises as well), do I set my activity level to "Not Very Active", enable negative calorie adjustments and let Fitbit feed the step count into MFP? Will this give me a good general idea of my TDEE?

    You could do that. Fitbit estimates are close to accurate for most people (but can be off for some - not the fault of the device, but rather the nature of statistical estimates, which is what it's doing).

    If you've been calorie counting, take the total amount you've lost in pounds, multiply it by 3500 (approximate number of calories in a pound), divide the result by the number of days in the time period, and add your average daily gross intake to that number = your approximate TDEE over the time period. If that's reasonably close to what your Fitbit says your TDEE is, you're probably fine with synching the Fitbit to MFP and eating those calories.

    Thank you for your helpful advice Ann! Your posts are very insightful and inspiring!

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