New guy with a few questions

Iron_warrior33

Hey guys, I'm looking to lose about 70-80lbs by summer. After creating my account, I noticed that the calories were way lower than both my trainer and doctor told me I should be eating to lose weight. My trainer calculates my BMR to be around 3580, so he says I should eat around 2580 a day to lose around 2lbs a week, even my doc says I should be eating around 3000cals, but MFP has me only at 1800cals a day. Any advice as to why?

ETA: I was keeping a written food log before finding this site, and my calories were roughly around what MFP has me at, and I was barely making it through work outs with out my blood sugar dropping to the point of getting nauseas and light headed.

baxgilter

Hey guys, I'm looking to lose about 70-80lbs by summer. After creating my account, I noticed that the calories were way lower than both my trainer and doctor told me I should be eating to lose weight. My trainer calculates my BMR to be around 3580, so he says I should eat around 2580 a day to lose around 2lbs a week, even my doc says I should be eating around 3000cals, but MFP has me only at 1800cals a day. Any advice as to why?

ETA: I was keeping a written food log before finding this site, and my calories were roughly around what MFP has me at, and I was barely making it through work outs with out my blood sugar dropping to the point of getting nauseas and light headed.

It seems to me that you answered your own question. MFP is not a doctor or a personal trainer ( not that, that means much). You said you feel nauseous when you eat as little an amount as MFP has you at. Take the professionals advice, up your calories manually on MFP and get to work buster! Good luck!

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phyllisbobbitt

:bigsmile: I agree, you need to listen to your body & doctor. you can change your calories in mfp.

micheleld73

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You can calculate all your measurements here and input them into MFP.

beasilvac

Listen to ur doctor! This is just to be used as a tool not to replace doctor's advice.

tami101

I would also recommend following your doctor's advice. But, MFP is set low because you are expected to eat back your exercise calories. If you add your exercise in does your goal get closer to what the doctor recommended? Anyway, you can manually change the goal to what the doctor suggests.

RobynLB

Hey guys, I'm looking to lose about 70-80lbs by summer. After creating my account, I noticed that the calories were way lower than both my trainer and doctor told me I should be eating to lose weight. My trainer calculates my BMR to be around 3580, so he says I should eat around 2580 a day to lose around 2lbs a week, even my doc says I should be eating around 3000cals, but MFP has me only at 1800cals a day. Any advice as to why?

ETA: I was keeping a written food log before finding this site, and my calories were roughly around what MFP has me at, and I was barely making it through work outs with out my blood sugar dropping to the point of getting nauseas and light headed.

Your doctor and personal trainer were factoring in your activity level. MFP is not. When you log in your activity, it adds those calories to your goal that day.

ladyrider55

I agree with other posts, follow your Doc's advice. MFP is to be used as a guide...I think MFP states they aren't Doctor's here they just give you ideas on weight loss, exercise, eating right, etc. Good Luck warrior on the site, I love it it's really helping me

Iron_warrior33

Thanks for the advice guys. I see your point about eating all the exercise calories back. I don't think I would survive on 1800 cals with doing 2hrs of cardio and 30-45mins of lifting each day, if i didn't eat more.

RobynLB

I do 90 minutes of boxing training a day, I'm a 128 lb woman, and 1800 is not enough. I can manage it for a few weeks, but I feel like I'm dying, and my workouts are horrible. I don't think 1800 calories is anywhere near enough for your activity level and size.