1,200 Calories. Too high or too low?

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  • Matt_Wild
    Matt_Wild Posts: 2,673 Member
    IMO 1200 for most would equal LBM being burnt and ultimately when you over eat, easier to put fat on on as a result.
  • garlisjones
    garlisjones Posts: 1 Member
    Hi I am new to this but I am as confused as Valal - I am 5ft, weight 135lbs and am 33 - sedentary although hoping to change that over time. My cals have been calculated at 1200 by MFP - am keeping within them but really struggling to keep within protein guide of 45g. I cant work out where I am going wrong.......

    I am also really hungry and have been all day!!

    Any help would be greatly appreciated x
  • 3bambi3
    3bambi3 Posts: 1,650 Member
    i don't want to thread steal or anything, but if 1200 is too low..why is that often what MFP selects for people?

    with my parameters it put me at 1270, and i think i entered "lightly active", not even sedentary. Gosh..what would sedentary be? 1000??

    i had mine up slightly..only to 1400 while i started the 30 day shred. i gained weight :( i don't know if it was from the calorie intake or the muscle soreness/water retention but i freaked and put it back down to 1270.

    it's just so confusing.. i don't even know what to do anymore. MFP says one thing, you all say another.. *sigh*

    MFP sets 1200 calories as you NET goal. This means that if you exercise and it burns 300 calories, you should be eating 1500 calories a day to get to 1200 NET calories. That is they way this site is designed to work. I use it differently. I've figured out my TDEE and set that manually as my calorie goal as a ceiling. This way, I don't have to worry about calculating exercise calories, as those are included in my TDEE number.
  • rieann84
    rieann84 Posts: 511 Member


    MFP sets 1200 calories as you NET goal. This means that if you exercise and it burns 300 calories, you should be eating 1500 calories a day to get to 1200 NET calories.

    see..that helps. now the only challenge is finding out the true calories burned since most are grossly inaccurate. :) thanks
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