4k cals a day?

sizco18

Ive been loggin my food since i came back about 2-3 weeks ago.. And ive made my cal intake of 2100 cals even though online calc that i need to eat around 3700 cals but even with a 500 def thats still 3200 cals just seem alot lol. i'm 6'2 and 250+ guy.

mygrl4meee

Are you letting mfp set your goal. The most it gave me was 2150 and I am 5 10 and was 272. So over 3000 does seem like a lot. But for the record I am not a guy.

sizco18

Yeah i did. but other Cal calculators will say 3700 cals to maintain ur weight. But MFP i have a def of 1100 cals to lose 2 lbs a week. so i guess cals plus def and plus exercise it equals 2100 cals so guess its right just wasn't sure.

mygrl4meee

For the most part I have had nice results following mfp calorie goals. Any idea how many calories you were consuming before you tried cutting back?

reecemccann

it's usually wrong it says i need like 3500 but if i need about 4500

PikaKnight

MFP is based off of NEAT and is designed for its users to eat back their exercise calories.

TDEE -20% includes exercise calories so you don't "eat back" exercise cals logged. Those doing this method tend to log their exercise cals at 1 cal.

j6o4

My TDEE is just over 3100 calories and im 5'9 165-170lbs. So 3200 is probably around what you need to lose 1lb a week since you weigh more than me and you are taller.

crisanderson27

Ive been loggin my food since i came back about 2-3 weeks ago.. And ive made my cal intake of 2100 cals even though online calc that i need to eat around 3700 cals but even with a 500 def thats still 3200 cals just seem alot lol. i'm 6'2 and 250+ guy.

I'm 38, 5'7" and 185lbs, and my measured TDEE (BMF) is often over 4000cal. The weekly average is usually somewhere around 3400-3600.

I'd suggest trying it, if you don't like your results, change it.

CyberEd312

I am 43 yr old , 6 ft. 1 in. and weigh 248 lbs. I have been in maintenance for the past year at 4000 calories day. If I was losing my calories would be 3500 to lose a pound a week..... Sounds like your numbers are pretty close to me.... Best of Luck

jimshine

How active are you? I am 6' 2" and when I started here I was around 300. MFP had me start around 2300 to lose 2 pounds a week.

Mr_Knight

Ive been loggin my food since i came back about 2-3 weeks ago.. And ive made my cal intake of 2100 cals even though online calc that i need to eat around 3700 cals but even with a 500 def thats still 3200 cals just seem alot lol. i'm 6'2 and 250+ guy.

I punched your numbers into IIFYM and got ~2100 for BMR and ~2500 for non-exercise TDEE. How are you getting 3700?