Do you or Don't you?

upti5872
upti5872 Posts: 12
in Health and Weight Loss
So my question is do you or don't you eat more calories than recommended by MFP?

I ask because MFP has adjusted my calories to a much smaller amount (1500) and it leaves me starving damn near! I hate gambling that I will work off the extra calories with exercise because I travel a lot and I might not be able to get to gym sometimes. Also it seems as if my weight loss has stalled since the calorie change; I am currently stuck at 207lbs. I've been doing P90x and cardio for 45 mins for the last 2 months. Any ideas?

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  • Celeigh12
    Celeigh12 Posts: 763 Member
    I upped mine by 200 over what MFP suggested and my weight loss picked up significantly. I eat my exercise calories too. And I am never hungry. It can't hurt to experiment. I did gain a few pounds for a couple of weeks before the losing set in, but that is long gone now. Good luck!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Sometimes I eat more. Sometimes I eat less. But on average I think I'm pretty close to the recommendation.
  • msliu7911
    msliu7911 Posts: 638 Member
    Sometimes I eat more. Sometimes I eat less. But on average I think I'm pretty close to the recommendation.

    This. MFP has me set at 1200.. but if I go over/under by 200-300 calories a couple days of the week I don't beat myself up.
  • AlyRoseNYC
    AlyRoseNYC Posts: 1,075 Member
    Sometimes I eat more. Sometimes I eat less. But on average I think I'm pretty close to the recommendation.

    This. MFP has me set at 1200.. but if I go over/under by 200-300 calories a couple days of the week I don't beat myself up.

    That.
  • AvsFreak
    AvsFreak Posts: 152 Member
    I am 6' , 210 pounds and lose weight on 2000-2200 a day. I would find a number that you can live with and still lose 1-2 pounds a week and go with that number regardless of what MFP says. I always manually adjust my macros and goal calories.

    1500 for a guy seems REALLY low.

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