How did you first set your calorie goal?

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  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
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    There's a great writeup on this very topic http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
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    I used MFP to set my goals. I figure I'm on MFP, why the heck not use it? I set it for 1 pound a week and it gave me something in the 1300's. When I got close to goal I switched to 1/2 pound a week and I had something like 1480. I have been on maintenance forever now at 1700 plus exercise cals. The whole time I've used MFP I followed it as instructed and had success at every step. It takes a while at 1 pound a week but it works and it's easy to stick with.

    ETA: I think where a lot of people get into trouble is trying to lose too aggressively. The calories for aggressive weight loss are really low and it's not easy to sustain that. I mean, I wasn't very big to begin with, and if I'd set my goal to 2 pounds a week the cals would have been crazy low and it just wouldn't have worked.
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
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    I knew what my BMI HAD to be in order to be healthy. I set it that & left it at that. I got there easy & then some.

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