When is it safe to lower your calories?

weight3049

I am currently at 1,500 calories a day but weight loss has slowed down as I get closer to my goal. Is it safe to lower my calories to 1,200 or day or should I let MFP determine what is best?

lgfrie

Why change out a winning hand? 1500 has been working for you. Reducing your cals to a depressing, depriving 1200, you know what the likely outcome is. Don't do it.

Maybe rerun your #'s and stats on MFP and see what it says but no way would I cut my cals to the rock-bottom minimum 1200 just because my weight loss slowed.

Slow is OK. Nothing wrong with slow.

AnnPT77

Losing slower when closer to goal is a good thing. Think of it as starting down the gradual off-ramp to weight maintenance. Any man in the (wide) typical adult size range should not need to be eating less than 1500 to lose.

1200 for a guy would not be a good plan (it was too low for me, as a 5'5" li'l ol' lady, for heaven's sake). Believe MFP, and set your goal loss rate to a sensibly slow rate as goal weight approaches.

sijomial

As you are male you are already at the minimum MFP will recommend even if you pick the fastest option for weight loss. (It also intends that to be 1500 + exercise calories and only 1500 on a day with no exercise.)

If you are close to goal it's tme to start thinking ahead to maintenance and it's not time to think about eating like a sparrow!