Calorie target seems high?

IgnatiousOReilly
IgnatiousOReilly Posts: 16
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Hi everyone. I'm new, just signed up. I'm currently at 348lbs and I'm 5'11. My calorie target daily is 2800. Isn't that rather high? I'd like to lose 1.5-2lbs per week. I know a minimum amount of calories is necessary to avoid going into starvation etc but this seems like a high target.

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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    What activity level did you choose?
  • IgnatiousOReilly
    IgnatiousOReilly Posts: 16
    Lightly active? I do 30 mins on the stationary bike each morning, do some walking each day but not a great deal. I don't spend too long sitting down. Drive quite a bit each day. I'm not sure do I count as sedentary rather than lightly active?
  • Cerakoala
    Cerakoala Posts: 2,547 Member
    Yes I would choose sedentary :) Unless you have a job that has you on your feet close to 8 hours a day I would choose the other. If that is not working for you then you can reevaluate :)
  • IgnatiousOReilly
    IgnatiousOReilly Posts: 16
    Will do. I thought it was kind of high! :-)
  • IgnatiousOReilly
    IgnatiousOReilly Posts: 16
    Now have a slightly more realistic target of 2190. Thanks for the advice. This is a bit of a learning curve for me.
  • shakeatailfeather
    shakeatailfeather Posts: 7
    2800 cals would probably maintain someone half of your weight, around 12 stone, so if anything I would think it's too low a goal to start with. If you have logged what you eat now, or before, to maintain your present weight then in (very) simple terms dropping 1000 cals a day from that should get you towards your 1.5-2lbs loss. Think marathon, not sprint and have a tinker around if you're not losing what you hope.

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