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MFP Won't Set My Goal at More than 1.4 Pounds a Week..

RoseAsRose
RoseAsRose Posts: 39
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi MFPers - I would like to aim for a a 2 lb per week weight loss and would like my MFP "Daily Calorie" Target to reflect that. However, no matter what numbers I change in the "goal" settings, MFP keeps saying that my projected weight loss is 1.4 lbs per month.

Has anyone else had this problem? I have my setting at "sedentary" - so may be the system things its impossible for me to lose 2 lbs healthily?

Perhaps I should just use another site to calculate my TDEE and go with that goal...

Thanks!

Replies

  • Arrabindi
    Arrabindi Posts: 169 Member
    If you're short and sedentary, a 2 lb loss per week would probably put your daily calorie intake under 1200, which MFP doesn't allow.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    what Arrabindi said.

    Plus - a higher weight loss per week can be unsustainable - it really is only for those with a lot to lose
  • Agator82
    Agator82 Posts: 249 Member
    MFP won't tell you the calorie goal, but you can put it in manually. If it is something you really want to try, a lot of people here will discourage hat, but it is an option.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    If you're short and sedentary, a 2 lb loss per week would probably put your daily calorie intake under 1200, which MFP doesn't allow.

    This... if you dont have too much to lose, 1lb a week is a much more realistic goal anyway.
  • RoseAsRose
    RoseAsRose Posts: 39
    Thanks everyone!
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