Help with getting set up with MFP

TwiddleTwaddle

Hi everyone,

I'd really appreciate help from some of you longer standing mfp'ers! I am 310 lbs and would like to lose 100lbs. To start with. I have tried so many diets and tried so often that I would be so happy with a loss of 100lbs that will stay off for good! When I get there I can decide what to do next. So, it's my big goal.

Ive done a lot of reading of the forums and I'm getting my head around how it works.

This is what I understand.... maybe you guys could correct me if I'm wrong.

You figure out the number of calories you require per day to survive. This is your BMR. Mine is 2093 calories.
You add in the exercise you do and the frequency. In my case, I cycle approx 10km (6.2miles) per day in about 35 mins which comes in at about 492 calories per day

You figure out how many lbs a week you want to lose - in my case, I ticked 2lbs.

From reading here, I understand that a 500 calorie deficit per day is 1lb loss per week. So, a 1000 cal deficit is 2lb, a 1500 cal deficit is 3 lb etc.... So once you know how much you want to lose per week, how much you exercise you do and your bmr, you end up with a figure for the number of calories you should use per day. Have I this right?

So, my personal goal allocates me 1,620 Calories / Day with 3,180 Calories / Week burned.

This doesn’t look right to me. If my bmr is 2093 and I am cycling at least 6 miles a day, shouldn’t I be using more calories?
Also, is the 3180 calories/week burned figure right? The site tells me that my daily exercise is 492 calories. Multiplied by 7, this comes to 3,444 burned per week.

I’d appreciate any help from you guys on getting this right. I don’t want to make a mistake with this as I have great belief in it and want to do it right. I feel I’ve done something wrong somewhere when putting in my info and want to correct it asap. My first weigh in is tonight and I want to update my info and be properly up and running after it.

So, any help appreciated!
Thanks in advance, TT