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MFP giving me more calories

insectseige
insectseige Posts: 28
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
MFP have updated my goals due to weight loss however my weekly calories have increased rather than decreasing as I thought they would. I don't have a problem with this but just want to know the logic behind it - I thought the less weight you carried, the less calories you'd need to maintain your resting metabolism. Am I being stupid here?

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  • amnsetie
    amnsetie Posts: 666 Member
    have you changed any other fields?
    like activity level or pounds to lose per week?
    :huh:
  • insectseige
    insectseige Posts: 28
    No - it was changed/updated by MFP - will double check tho
  • insectseige
    insectseige Posts: 28
    have you changed any other fields?
    like activity level or pounds to lose per week?
    :huh:

    Thanks to you I see the problem - I had manually set my calorie goal a while ago to something like 1.4lbs per week loss.
    MFP has automatically changed that to 1lbs a week when it asked if I wanted it to update my goals.

    This could be something for people to watch out for.
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