1,200 Calories. Too high or too low?

Matt_Wild

IMO 1200 for most would equal LBM being burnt and ultimately when you over eat, easier to put fat on on as a result.

garlisjones

Hi I am new to this but I am as confused as Valal - I am 5ft, weight 135lbs and am 33 - sedentary although hoping to change that over time. My cals have been calculated at 1200 by MFP - am keeping within them but really struggling to keep within protein guide of 45g. I cant work out where I am going wrong.......

I am also really hungry and have been all day!!

Any help would be greatly appreciated x

3bambi3

i don't want to thread steal or anything, but if 1200 is too low..why is that often what MFP selects for people?

with my parameters it put me at 1270, and i think i entered "lightly active", not even sedentary. Gosh..what would sedentary be? 1000??

i had mine up slightly..only to 1400 while i started the 30 day shred. i gained weight i don't know if it was from the calorie intake or the muscle soreness/water retention but i freaked and put it back down to 1270.

it's just so confusing.. i don't even know what to do anymore. MFP says one thing, you all say another.. *sigh*

MFP sets 1200 calories as you NET goal. This means that if you exercise and it burns 300 calories, you should be eating 1500 calories a day to get to 1200 NET calories. That is they way this site is designed to work. I use it differently. I've figured out my TDEE and set that manually as my calorie goal as a ceiling. This way, I don't have to worry about calculating exercise calories, as those are included in my TDEE number.

rieann84

MFP sets 1200 calories as you NET goal. This means that if you exercise and it burns 300 calories, you should be eating 1500 calories a day to get to 1200 NET calories.

see..that helps. now the only challenge is finding out the true calories burned since most are grossly inaccurate. thanks