Confused

Hopingforchange
Hopingforchange Posts: 108
edited October 5 in Introduce Yourself
I have 15-20 pounds to lose. I put in goal of 1 or 1-1/2 or 2 pounds to lose per week and it automatically defaulted to .5 per week? Why?

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  • ashnm88
    ashnm88 Posts: 748
    Maybe your not doing something right, I never had any problems.
  • JulieBoBoo
    JulieBoBoo Posts: 642
    I'm assuming it bottomed out at 1200 calories a day. MFP won't go below 1200 calories/day because it's not medically safe.
  • lindalou0703
    lindalou0703 Posts: 226 Member
    probably because it would have brought you to under 1200 calories a day. It did that to me.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Because if you only have 15-20 pounds to lose, your body doesn't have enough fat stores to handle losing more than a half pound a week. MFP won't let you go lower than 1200 calories a day because it's darn near impossible for most people to get the nutrients they need on less than that.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    With that little to lose it's unrealistic to expect to lose more than .5 lb per week safely and the site doesn't support unhealthy weight loss.
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