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Is the total number of calories correct to be in Calorie deficit

rayannabea
rayannabea Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I logged in and said I wanted to lose 2 pounds a week … so they gave me about 1,300 a day … my question is … is that the number I’m supposed to be eating to be in my calorie deficit? Or should I be taking calories off that number?

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  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,421 Member
    The calorie goal from MFP includes the 1,000 calorie per day deficit, so not a great idea to cut further than that.
  • csplatt
    csplatt Posts: 1,267 Member
    That’s what you eat.
  • Sandiemichele1981
    Sandiemichele1981 Posts: 2 Member
    I’ve been taught to eat my goal weight times 12.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,261 Member
    sanderson6575 wrote: »
    I’ve been taught to eat my goal weight times 12.

    By whom? And I suppose you mean weight in lbs x 12? If I did that I'd not really lose weight because that's pretty close to maintenance for me. Why not set up MFP correctly, with a realistic weightloss goal and eat that amount, plus a reasonable part of exercise calories.
  • claireychn074
    claireychn074 Posts: 1,782 Member
    sanderson6575 wrote: »
    I’ve been taught to eat my goal weight times 12.
    That might work for some but certainly wouldn’t for me. My current pounds x 12 gives me a deficit of 700 cals per day ie totally out for what I need. If I was aiming for a lower bodyweight that would give me even lower calories - really not healthy.
  • Retroguy2000
    Retroguy2000 Posts: 2,009 Member
    The metric I've heard is 15x bw for maintenance, 12x for weight loss.

    Ofc it's not guaranteed to be accurate, but neither is an online calculator. And this metric is faster.

    Personally, I find my maintenance to be just over 14x, but I'm quite sedentary aside from workouts.
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,350 Member
    sanderson6575 wrote: »
    I’ve been taught to eat my goal weight times 12.

    There are too many variables to go with a fixed equation.
  • tomcustombuilder
    tomcustombuilder Posts: 2,350 Member
    rayannabea wrote: »
    I logged in and said I wanted to lose 2 pounds a week … so they gave me about 1,300 a day … my question is … is that the number I’m supposed to be eating to be in my calorie deficit? Or should I be taking calories off that number?

    2 lbs? What is your height and weight?

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