Do you get a new calorie goal as lose weight?

Clare291174
Clare291174 Posts: 24 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I cant find the answer for this anywhere, I must be looking in the wrong places....Just want to know if mfp automatically adjusts your daily calorie allowance as you lose weight on the basis that your intake should be less as your body weight drops. Thanks

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  • rickloving
    rickloving Posts: 90 Member
    Yes it does, for me I see about a 10 calories per lbs drop when I update my weight 1 lb. I'm a 150lb, 5:9" male..so yours may differ.
  • Clare291174
    Clare291174 Posts: 24 Member
    Thanks. Mine hasn't changed since I joined and have lost 5lbs.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    I have heard that if you use MFP's recommended settings that it does adjust with you over time. If you use a custom calorie goal, it does not.
  • Clare291174
    Clare291174 Posts: 24 Member
    I'm on mfp settings, how strange. I am always under anyway between eating slightly under and exercise, I just wondered if it would adjust. Will check my settings properly
  • rickloving
    rickloving Posts: 90 Member
    Clare, test it out, check your calorie goal, update your weight with a 30lb weight loss and re-check your calorie goal. Then change your weight back.
  • chandanista
    chandanista Posts: 986 Member
    It asked me if I wanted to adjust after losing 10 pounds. I agreed and it adjusted.
  • Clare291174
    Clare291174 Posts: 24 Member
    Ha ha, a 30lb weight loss, i would fall down drains if that happened! Will do, thanks again
  • CkepiJinx
    CkepiJinx Posts: 613 Member
    If it doesn't do it automatically for you just click on change goals, even if you don't change anything click save and it will adjust them to your current weight.
  • nolongerXXL
    nolongerXXL Posts: 222 Member
    It asked me if I wanted to adjust after losing 10 pounds. I agreed and it adjusted.

    Yes, Every 10lbs it will ask if you want to adjust your calories.
  • watfordjc
    watfordjc Posts: 304 Member
    It doesn't adjust automatically. If you go to My Home > Goals it will say under Projected Weight Loss what your current weight loss would be this week based on your Daily Calorie Deficit.

    If using Guided goals, you can click Change Goals, Continue, Update Profile after your weekly weigh-in. Or you could do it after losing 10 pounds when prompted.

    If you don't update, Projected Weight Loss will get further and further away from your weight loss goal setting the more weight you lose (i.e. daily calorie goal does not change so if you have 1,500 pre-exercise calories at 200 pounds and don't update your goals, you'd still have 1,500 pre-exercise calories at 150 pounds). Having said that, if you would have reduced your weight loss goal anyway as you lost weight (e.g. 2 lb to 1.5 lb) then it might not matter unless you have less/more to lose, but I haven't done the math.

    ETA: The numbers I have used as an example are not based on anything.
  • larodriguez02
    larodriguez02 Posts: 106 Member
    If it doesn't do it automatically for you just click on change goals, even if you don't change anything click save and it will adjust them to your current weight.


    I think this is how I got mine to change.
  • FitNurseLex
    FitNurseLex Posts: 66 Member
    Yes, I got mine to change on accident lol! I changed my lbs per week goal purposely to see how many more Calories it would allow me if I decided to lose less weight per week, and then I changed it back to my original goal. When I did that, it dropped my calorie goal by 30 Cals.

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