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Calories

shantizzlerose
shantizzlerose Posts: 63 Member
edited February 11 in Health and Weight Loss
So I have MFP set to 1200 calories a day- but when I stick to it I feel like I'm starving myself.
I'm 20 years old, 5'5 175lbs. What's a more reasonable calorie limit to still lose weight?

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  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    Are you exercising? If so, are you eating your exercise calories?

    What are your goals set at, 2lbs per week? If so, you could adjust that goal, as it may be too aggressive, to 1lb or .5lbs per week.

    IMHO, at your age 1200 is probably low, especially if you're chasing the little one around.

    EDIT: I just plugged your stats into a TDEE calculator and as a sedentary person your TDEE -20% is about 1600 calories (and actually, so is your BMR)
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