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blanch427
blanch427 Posts: 2
in Food and Nutrition
I am 382, Started at 393... I have been eating 1200- 1500 calories a day, Sometimes more.. These last 2 weeks have been rough, I had to give my dogs away, mY mom went into the hospital, and i got Really sick.. so i havent been doing th best.. but i just got back on it today... However, Im not understand why , On MFP, It gives me more calories to eat, Like 2,000 +... I was at 375, I lost 17 pounds in 2 weeks, I was eating healthy, NOT starving, and doing physical activity 3 times a week.. But again, Ran into a road block.. Now imback on track, and im just wondering , is there a way i can adjust the calories on MFP , and WHY do they give you that much to eat?

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  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    At 382 you need more than 1200 just to lie in bed all day. At 127, my BMR is around 1300 for doing nothing but laying in bed all day. After I add in a daily life modifier, I'm likely between 1500-1600, and that before I work out. Your body needs more. The bigger you are, the more you need to live. Not knowing your height or weight, I did a generic BMR calculation at Fat 2 Fit. (I used age 30 and 5'6" as height.) yet BMR would be almost 2500! So eating 2000 with no exercise still gives you a 500 calorie deficit. Add on exercise, and you'd be doing great. Eating to little can start to screw with your metabolism. Start eating more. You may see an initial upswing on the scale as your body adjusts, but give it a month or so.

    Y can manually set your calories if y go into your goals. But, I would suggest you try to stay over 1500 at least for a month and see what happens,
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    MFP sets its recommendations based on BMR or basal metabolic rate-- e.g., the number of calories you'd burn if you stayed in bed all day. Your BMR is calculated using your current age, weight, height, and gender. I'd estimate that based on your current age and weight, your BMR is probably near 2400 - 2500 calories a day (try http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/).

    Under the "goals", though, you can set your goals manually-- and enter 1,500 calories as your daily goal if you like.

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