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BMR Question

petey49
petey49 Posts: 58 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
As I loose weight my BMR should go down, after all weight is one of the variable in the equation. As my BMR goes down, should I decrease the number of calories I eat to continue with weight loss?

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  • Setof2Keys
    Setof2Keys Posts: 681 Member
    I think it will do it for you automatically. I may be wrong, but I thought it did.
  • peggybrant
    peggybrant Posts: 144 Member
    if you keep putting in your new weight it should however i have lost 13lbs and my calorie consumption hasn't change. It still says 1200...
  • peggybrant
    peggybrant Posts: 144 Member
    if you keep putting in your new weight it should however i have lost 13lbs and my calorie consumption hasn't change. It still says 1200...
    just tried and it did change my bmr from my original 169lbs to my current 155.7 lbs. but like I said it hasn't changed my calorie consumption
  • PokenStick
    PokenStick Posts: 204
    It will do it automatically if you don't have it set to custom. Also, I don't think it will go below 1200 as MFP has this set to the min. amount of calories anyone should eat in a day to avoid starvation.

    I could be wrong, but that's what I've noticed.
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
    It will do it automatically if you don't have it set to custom. Also, I don't think it will go below 1200 as MFP has this set to the min. amount of calories anyone should eat in a day to avoid starvation.

    I could be wrong, but that's what I've noticed.

    That is correct. 1200 cal/day is the minimum calorie intake a human should be taking in, specifically women. Any less may affect body and brain function due to malnutrition.
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