Caloric Sweet Spot

CallMePat

Hey everybody,
I was just trying to figure out what my "caloric sweet spot" would be, or even how to figure out yours.
Right now Myfitnesspal has me on a 2000 calories a day diet (I'm 6'3", 250 atm). Monday - Thursday I have a pretty regular exercise schedule of about 700 calories burnt a day. So, that would mean on those days 2700 calories is acceptable. 2700 is a lot if you eat right. I'm usually at about 1700-1800 a day. Just wondering if anyone had any insight. 1200 or so calories is doable (some days) but, I want to do it right. Where should I aim?

OregonNiki1978

Hey everybody,
I was just trying to figure out what my "caloric sweet spot" would be, or even how to figure out yours.
Right now Myfitnesspal has me on a 2000 calories a day diet (I'm 6'3", 250 atm). Monday - Thursday I have a pretty regular exercise schedule of about 700 calories burnt a day. So, that would mean on those days 2700 calories is acceptable. 2700 is a lot if you eat right. I'm usually at about 1700-1800 a day. Just wondering if anyone had any insight. 1200 or so calories is doable (some days) but, I want to do it right. Where should I aim?

For someone your weight 2750 would be a good goal for weight maintenance.
At 1700 cals a day with 700 burn you should be losing around 3-4 pounds a week. Which is a bit on the high side (typically you want to aim for 1-2). which is why MFP has you on a 2000 cal day. 1200 would be way too few and would actually slow your progress down, and you would end up burning muscle instead of fat.

CallMePat

Awesome. Thank you thank you