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Advice regarding male MFP nutrition settings

kym117
kym117 Posts: 315 Member
edited January 27 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi, I am posting regarding my hubby who has joined MFP....YAY!! anyways, I don't understand the settings on his profile and it seems wrong??

He is male, 5ft 7in currently weighs 12st 7lbs and is an active person. He chose his settings to lose only 0.7lbs a week and he is only allowed 1200 cals a day???

Surely for a working active man 1200 cals is a very small amount to live on per day?

Advice please :flowerforyou:

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  • ken_hogan
    ken_hogan Posts: 854 Member
    That oes sound way too low for a male....
  • JessHealthKick
    JessHealthKick Posts: 800 Member
    that sounds super low, I would say ignore MFP and just straight to www.iifym.com to calculate it all. This gives you a daily intake which takes into account exercise, so you don't 'eat back' by exercising exercise calories as such - it evens it out over the week.
  • gypy
    gypy Posts: 83 Member
    that sounds super low, I would say ignore MFP and just straight to www.iifym.com to calculate it all. This gives you a daily intake which takes into account exercise, so you don't 'eat back' by exercising exercise calories as such - it evens it out over the week.

    This
  • whitecapwendy
    whitecapwendy Posts: 287 Member
    he probably chose sedentary instead of active for his activity level which is meant for someone in a coma
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