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Iwanttobeslim85
Iwanttobeslim85 Posts: 1
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Hi,

I am starting a fresh with MFP and need some advice.

I would like to loose about half a stone and I am 5.4 and currently weighing
146 pounds. If I set loosing 1-2 a week weight loss I'm allowed 1200 (approx) per day. Now if I exercise I can't get head around eating my cals back. Is 1200 too low? should I set it at 0.5 pounds a week loss and get higher cals allowance and do exercise ?

Thanks in advanced.

Lisa

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  • init2fitit
    init2fitit Posts: 168 Member
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    I'm assuming a lot, but considering that you don't have a lot to lose, setting it at -0.5 lbs a week would be better for you.
    And if you're using the MFP method, then you should eat back exercise calories because workouts are not included in MFP calculations unless you manually add them daily. However unless you have a reliable way of calculating caloric burn, its best to not eat 100% of exercise calories back.

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