why do I feel like I am eating to much.

I don't think you should eat that much. The app is not ideal for very obese people. Try eating at 90% BMR or at your goal TDEE, whichever is lower. Recalculate every 10 pounds lost until that gets closer to what MFP recommends, then switch to your future (but not yet goal) TDEE -20%.

Ok what is BMR, TDEE and MFP

If I did my math right @ 375 pounds you burn 5,250 calories a day naturally without any exercise to get this I took 375 multiplied by 14 = 5,250 (this is a ruff estimate. You want about a 30% deficit that would be about 1,575 calories more or less. So If you are sedentary (like me a desk job where I sit all day, and I do mean all day) you would eat about 3,675 calories a day. Again this is the formula I was taught, and it is a way to estimate, not an exact. Then keep in mind you may lose a lot at first, but as you get closer to your goal the weight loss does slow down naturally, and so does your metabolism (simply b/c you will not need as much energy to maintain a lesser weight). You also should recalculate you calorie intake every ten to fifteen pounds. Again this is b/c the closer you are to you goal weight the less calories you will need to maintain that energy level.

What Formula would you recommend? Rapid weight loss of more than 1 to 2 pounds a week, can be potentially dangerous (without the supervision of a healthcare provider). A person who is losing more than that per a week may not be losing fat, but water weight, and/ or lean muscle tissue. Fat loss is not an easy thing to do. One pound of fat lost in a week is ruffly equal to 3500 calories, or approximately equal to burning 500 calories more a day, than he/she is currently burning. It is more likely a person will maintain weight loss if it is slow, and steady. Also,safer in the long run to prevent potential issues that can occur from rapid weight loss. Honestly, anyone who is morbidly obese should consult their doctor prior to starting an exercise, and diet program to ensure there is not other health issues they may need to considered in they're program.

I think there may be a misunderstanding here. I am a big guy and I am obese. BUT I am also built big. Long ago when I went to see my doctor I was told by him that a safe body weight for me is 230 to 240. I am active at work. I walk up to 6 hours a day 5 days a week at work but not fast enough to call it exercise. I am not the super obese guy you see at the stores that can barley walk. Don't get me wrong I am 150 pounds over weight. My main problem was the over use of soft drinks and sweet tea. I never drank enough water like I needed to. My target is 1 to 2 pounds a week no more no less. I do appreciate all the input and will take your advice and see my doctor. I need to see him any to for a prescription to help me quit smoking.

I do agree that an obese person can easily lose weight more rapidly @ the beginning of any program simply b/c of cutting back sodium, and sugar intake.

I'm talking about fat loss. Sodium's effect on scale weight is meaningless and averages out over time. Eating less sugar is no different than eating less calories from any other source.

It is safe to lose 1% of body weight a week.

Sodium reduction can make appear you are losing more weight at first, but as I said before losing fat is hard to do, and generally losing more than 2 pounds of fat a week can cause health issues for some losing weight rapidly, and unlikely to do in most cases, unless supervised by a professional.

However, I am concerned that any person who needs to lose a large sum of weight may go too low, or about their weight loss in the wrong way.

I agree, but force feeding yourself 3500 calories a day because the mfp app is not designed for the very obese is just as much the wrong way to do it as a crash diet imo.

Everyone should be responsible for their own life. it is not a good idea to rely solely on internet advice or on a single so called expert, many of whom are as misinformed as anyone.

That is what I am saying about forums in general. There is a lot of info that is hard to sort through for newer users, and most people are teetotalers, and will run an extreme gambit of advice, in which they can not be swayed one way or another. As far as force feeding yourself 3500 calories. It is pretty easy to get there with a lot of food choices. Honestly, if it wasn't easy for us all to go over our ideal calorie intake (whatever that amount maybe) we would not have gotten to the places we are at now. What makes MFP, and other food journals so great is that we become more aware of just how much we do eat. I will still eat a doughnut, or a hamburger, even pizza. Now I just don't eat all three in the same day. However, I was raised with some very large, tall men. None of which were morbidly obese, and they could easily put down 3000 to 3500 calories just for maintenance. My brother's both are 6 ft. 5, two uncles nearing 7 ft., and a 6 ft 2 husband who use to body build. So it's not as hard as you think to eat that many calories. Now, I get most people are not that tall, but using the argument of having to force feed yourself 3500 calories a day.....not so hard...think about this how many people will sit down at McDonald's and eat a double quarter pounder meal, large fry, and large coke.... thats something like 3400 calories, and then let look at a bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos...how many people sit there and eat a whole bag of them in front of the TV ...that's 2,380 calories....or one more for good measure... Pizza Hut hand tossed Supreme Pizza 4 pieces is 1,080 calories. I know a lot of people who can eat this easily. Consuming calories is not the problem, it's over consuming calories for your natural body weigth that's the problem. I'm just saying that @ 375 pounds it takes 5,250 calories a day to maintain that weight so eating that many calories was not an issue for him before...dropping it by 1,575 would not hard to do, and just doing that would start to reduce his waistline at an acceptable rate. Sure he could drop calories even more and lose it faster, but how fast is to fast? thats up to him and his doctor.