Changing goals

Pavelich
Pavelich Posts: 1 Member
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Hello. I am fairly new to My Fitness Pal and tracking macros. I used the “default” based on my weigh and weight loss goals. I would now like to decrease my calories. When I set my own goal with my daily calories and set my protein fat and carbs at 40-30-30, the numbers do not change in my daily dairy. So it continues to show 1200 calories daily, even though I changed that number. Thoughts on what I am doing wrong?

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  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,338 Member
    1200 calories is the lowest number MFP will give any woman. Losing weight fast is never a good idea as your body needs nutrients to function. If you're a man the lowest is 1500 you should be eating. Note: both numbers are only really meant for very petite, elder people.
  • totameafox
    totameafox Posts: 1,242 Member
    Out of curiosity what are your stats? gender, age, height, weight, activity level not including exercise. It's hard to tell where your numbers should be for a safe weight loss progress. As yirara said, mfp won't allow you to go below 1200 but also it won't allow you to choose more than 2lbs a week to lose. Unless you are really short. the 1200 a day should be a solid line.

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