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Is there a way to manually choose how many calories?

Canadien
Canadien Posts: 122 Member
edited January 5 in Food and Nutrition
MFP tells me I should eat 1500 calories a day to maintain, but that's too low for my body. My fat % is ~10% and I have a lot of muscle, so I need to eat more calories.

My question is simply, is there an option in the diary settings to manually change the number of calories you should have a day in your diary? I know it shouldn't matter what's written, but it bothers me to see those red numbers when I know I'm not overeating!

Thanks in advance. xx

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  • Canadien
    Canadien Posts: 122 Member
    No one?
  • HealthyBodySickMind
    HealthyBodySickMind Posts: 1,207 Member
    You can set your calories, macros and micros to whatever you like. It's easier to do from a real computer than from your phone. Log in at a real computer, click on "goals", "change goals" and select "custom".
  • nellyett
    nellyett Posts: 436 Member
    Yes there is....I change mine every few lbs lost. :)

    Go to 'My Home' and under the sub-categories, go to 'Goals'. There's a 'change goals' button at the bottom.

    :)
  • nopudgepoot
    nopudgepoot Posts: 63 Member
    Yes. Go to the home page and click on "goals". Then click "change goals", then choose "custom".....change what you want and save it at the bottom :)
  • fusion777
    fusion777 Posts: 197
    No one?

    Give the busy people more than 3 minutes to answer your question...
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    click on the Goals tab, go to bottom of page and click on 'change goals', then select 'custom'
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
    I've got mine arbitrarily set at 2600 because MFP sets me too low even when I track exercise.

    I'm losing faster than 1lb/week as is anyway.
  • Canadien
    Canadien Posts: 122 Member
    Thanks!
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,272 Member
    Habitant! Eat your Tarte au sucre , just a little less.
    Custom goals. :wink:
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