The calories MyFitnessPal gives you.

...and leave more info here. I see you are 53 year old woman, how tall are you? Do you work? What kind of physical activity do you do on a regular basis.

Your ticker says you are trying to lose about 30 lbs. What have you set as your goals?

Use this as a guideline:

If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.


Undereating can cause problems as well as overeating. So if you are eating too little, we need to know, to give helpful responses.

Open your food diary.

There are lots of variables to input (activity level, exercise calories, weight loss goal per week) ..... these will change the calorie guidlelines given to you by MFP. The lowest MFP will go is 1200 NET calories per day. Net calories are calories IN vs. calories OUT.

Example: Eat 1800 - Exercise 600 = 1200 Net. This is not exact for everyone ... give it time & tweek as needed.

Yes - you can eat whatever you want ....... however, 1200 calories in Twinkies everyday will not give you the body that you want. MFP gives you protein/carb/fat (AKA Macros) .... suggestions to help you learn healthy food habits.

Not everone accepts the "preset" nutrition macros .... they can be "tweeked" also depending upon your goals.