Eating more calories

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I don’t have a lot to lose and I’m quite active. Setting my activity level on mfp and to lose at .5lbs a week gives me 1600 calories. I was thinking of trying 1700 calories, has anyone else lost eating slightly higher? I wouldn’t be eating exercise calories on top of this as I prefer a set amount.

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  • Strudders67
    Strudders67 Posts: 984 Member
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    What @igfrie says is correct - but then I read that you don't plan to eat your exercise calories, in which case you'd be creating a bigger deficit. Without knowing how much exercise you do, how frequently or to what intensity or duration, it's impossible to say whether 1700 would be OK.

    So I agree with @Lietchi. Use a TDEE calculation and deduct a deficit from the overall figure.