Who goes by the Mfp calorie goals?

Allup2Me78

Thanks for the reply It has taken me over a year to lose this 36 lbs and it was not all with the TDEE method. I was at 1500 at first for a LONG time, then 1300 (too low) and then the 1700 but only for like 2 mnths. I guess I just always thought the more you have to lose, the less you shld eat.

Judging from your ticker you seem to have been successful so far at losing weight using the TDEE method, why do you want to change?
I'm 5'1, 152 lbs and I eat 1600 gross calories a day using the TDEE method. According to most of the calculators I use I should be eating about 1650 so I'm trying to slowly get up there (most recently I've been eating 1550 and losing a little over a pound a week). I don't understand why you think 1700 is too much. For someone your weight it might not be enough! Why starve yourself? Especially when you're having success? I'm always looking for a way to eat more food and continue to lose weight. I still struggle to stay under 1600 on a daily basis. It's not too much food at all!

Just my personal experience but I started out using the MFP goals of 1200/calories a day + exercise calories. It was not sustainable to me. I didn't believe in a lifestyle that wouldn't allow me to incorporate a glass of milk into my calories (I realize you can have a glass of milk at 1200 but if I did then I wouldn't have enough calories left in the day to feel satisfied). So I switched to the TDEE method and I feel way better. This is something sustainable to me and that is very important. Sure I'm not losing 2lbs a week but I'm in this for the long haul.

Allup2Me78

I agree, but like I said, it doesn't bother me at all. I know what my goals are and I will do what I can to get healthy not skinny!

I am 4ft 10 193 lbs and my goal is 160 lbs. Please advise.

You're 4'10" and your goal is to still be in the obese range?

eyeroll

I hate it when people say stuff like this. Would you prefer that the poster just stayed at 193?

samammay

So starving to you is me going by the mfp method of 1470 calories compared to the tdee-20% of 1700?

Thanks for the info but AGAIN, I have used the tdee-20% method and just felt it was too much food for me with the amount of weight I need to lose.

MFP was suggesting a goal below my BMR, which is not good to do at all. I use my TDEE calculated on these two websites for a rough guideline:

http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/CalRequire.html

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

It might 'feel' like too much food, but your body still *needs* it. Starving isnt going to get you anywhere but sick.

There are two schools of thought there. TDEE -20% accounts for exercise so you just eat 1700. MFP values do not include exercise so you need to eat those too.

As for starving... I cant decide that for you. How do you feel? I will say that you absolutely need to keep your net as close to the number that MFP gives you as you can. I learned this one first hand... I was eating under what MFP told me and then not eating back 6 or 700 exercise calories a day. I got to the point that I couldnt focus very well and fell asleep at work.

Allup2Me78

Thanks for all the info

So starving to you is me going by the mfp method of 1470 calories compared to the tdee-20% of 1700?

Thanks for the info but AGAIN, I have used the tdee-20% method and just felt it was too much food for me with the amount of weight I need to lose.

MFP was suggesting a goal below my BMR, which is not good to do at all. I use my TDEE calculated on these two websites for a rough guideline:

http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/CalRequire.html

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

It might 'feel' like too much food, but your body still *needs* it. Starving isnt going to get you anywhere but sick.

There are two schools of thought there. TDEE -20% accounts for exercise so you just eat 1700. MFP values do not include exercise so you need to eat those too.

As for starving... I cant decide that for you. How do you feel? I will say that you absolutely need to keep your net as close to the number that MFP gives you as you can. I learned this one first hand... I was eating under what MFP told me and then not eating back 6 or 700 exercise calories a day. I got to the point that I couldnt focus very well and fell asleep at work.