4k cals a day?

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sizco18
sizco18 Posts: 26 Member
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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.

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  • mygrl4meee
    mygrl4meee Posts: 943 Member
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    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
    sizco18 Posts: 26 Member
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    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
    mygrl4meee Posts: 943 Member
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    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
    reecemccann Posts: 1
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    it's usually wrong it says i need like 3500 but if i need about 4500
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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    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
    j6o4 Posts: 871 Member
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    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
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
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    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
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
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    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
    jimshine Posts: 199 Member
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    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
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
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    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?

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