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Resetting Goals?

CausalNexus
CausalNexus Posts: 18 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
No matter what, MFP always tells me that my calorie intake should be 1200. I'm only trying to lose about five pounds, so this seems a little low. I keep reentering my data, but it always comes back to 1200. Has anyone else had this problem/am I doing something wrong?

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  • toby8864
    toby8864 Posts: 1
    I was able to get it to change my calorie intake when I changed my goals. For example If you change your goal from lose 1 lb per week to .5 lbs per week it will give you more calories. I started out wanting to lose 5 lbs and did the 1 lb per week and it gave me 1200 calories...and its worked. Ive been on here for about 4 weeks and I only have 1/2 lb left! As soon as I lose that I am changing my goals to "maintain current weight" because I know I dont need to stick to 1200 calories a day if Ive lost what I want to. Hope that helps!

    BTW...if you change your lifestyle from "sedentary" to more active it will give you more calories, too.
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