1200kcals vs 1600kcals
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Good morning fitness pals!! Yesterday was my first day on MFA. I ate 1200 kcals but on the app it says I should eat 1600. Yesterday I was fine and didnt feel hungry at all. Should I carry on today eating to 1200 or eat more to get to 1600? I would like to lose weight quite quick but understand losing weight should be a slow and steady process.
Thanks in advance!
Coll :flowerforyou:
Thanks in advance!
Coll :flowerforyou:
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Its up to your really. MFP gives you a guideline of how much you should eat to lose a certain amount of weight a week... Mine is roughly 1600, but at times ill eat 1200, other times ill eat more!0
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Ok thank you, so i'll just go with how I am feeling..if i am hungry I will eat more if not i'll stick to 1200.0
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I found 1200 wasnt enough... Ok well it was at first but I started finding myself snacking so to counter this ive raised my cals manually to 1450 which I understand is still a reasonable number of cals to consume while still losing weight + exercise cals which I sometimes struggle to eat as much as I should.
Im trying to stay under 1500 cals as I dont yet know what my maintenence is or how to calculate this?0 -
Yeah, I was struggling after a few weeks on 1200 so upped mine to 1400 and have still lost weight, even the first week after upping them. I decided that, for me, slower weight loss was preferable to hunger!!0
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