How to find out calories to maintain weight?

Rawrior
Rawrior Posts: 2
edited January 8 in Health and Weight Loss
How do you know how many calories you need per day to maintain?

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  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 Member
    my home > settings > update diet / fitness profile
    in the "what is your goal" section pick
    MAINTAIN WEIGHT
    instead of the other options such as gain 1 or 0.5 lbs or lose 0.5 1 1.5 or 2 lbs
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    Set MFP for a 0 lb/week loss...there is a maintenance option in the set up of your goals.
  • Sweetsugar0424
    Sweetsugar0424 Posts: 451 Member
    Search for Roadmap 2.0 on the site and learn about eating at TDEE and how to calculate what the correct numbers are for you.
  • Rawrior
    Rawrior Posts: 2
    Thanks.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    The best way to know is the carefully and accurately log in your food and exercise diary for several months. I happily discovered that my TDEE is about 300 calories a day higher than the online calculators thought it should be, after logging for six months. Just don't forget that the calculators are based on forumlas and averages. YMMV :flowerforyou:
  • rose313
    rose313 Posts: 1,146 Member
    Online calculators, MFP set to maintain, and trial and error.
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