Advice / help please on daily calorie allowance

pangy1958

Hi

I am 220lbs (15st 10lb) and MFP had me on 1510 calories a day. I put my activity as sedimentry and to loose 1lb week which I have been loosing. Then last night my calories were put down to 1480 a day. My hubby thnks it might be geting to low for I still want to loose another 42lb (3st). Does anybody else think this is right. I would be grateful for any advice.

Francl27

I much prefer this over the MFP method

http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

Keep in mind that with MFP if you workout at all, you're supposed to eat the exercise calories back.

curly1980

I much prefer this over the MFP method

http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

Keep in mind that with MFP if you workout at all, you're supposed to eat the exercise calories back.

I use this too.

bwogilvie

As you lose weight, you need fewer calories, so it's normal for your target to drop when you update your diet/fitness profile after losing weight. I'm currently under 180 lbs. and am using the sedentary activity level (I log exercise separately) and, with 1.5 lbs./week selected, my daily target is 1370.

1480/day sounds about right.

Congratulations on your loss!

PaytraB

MFP re-evaluates your caloric needs every few pounds (every 10, I think). As you lose weight, you require fewer calories to keep your body going. So, in order to continue to lose 1 bl/wk, your daily calories need to drop a little bit.
You can readjust that amount back to 1510 cal/day in your settings but you won't be set to lose 1 lb/week anymore.

I'm using Scooby's site for the daily calories I need for maintenance and it's working really well. I didn't know about this site when I was losing so I can't compare it with MFP's goals. Through MFP, I lost an average of 1 lb/week by following their guidelines. MFP set my goals too low for maintenance, though, and I kept on losing.