calculating calories

hopejohnstone
hopejohnstone Posts: 20
edited January 28 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all! I've been working on losing weight since the end of January, to date I've lost 10kgs but still want to lose a couple more (purely for cosmetic purposes - I realise I am in no way overweight). Two days ago MFP recalculated my recommended calories to 1280 (a 100 calorie decrease to what I had previously been on)

I noticed this morning that when I woke up I was quite light headed. Would this be a result of the caloric intake from the past two days?
I've calculated my TDEE as 1939, and my BMR is 1411.
I'm fairly certain I need to up my intake (I've seen all of those boards about living off 1200 calories and realise I'm not far off!)
I'm just confused as to what I should up it to to ensure the loss is permanent

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    set your weight loss goal to 0.5lbs per week and eat back exercise cals, that should give you a decent amount of calories, and enable you to slowly lose the last couple of pounds.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    set your weight loss goal to 0.5lbs per week and eat back exercise cals, that should give you a decent amount of calories, and enable you to slowly lose the last couple of pounds.
    ^This. MFP is just a calculator and if you set it up to lose 2 lbs a week, then it's still working on that. If you're in no way overweight, then 2 lbs a week is not longer a realistic rate of loss.
  • hopejohnstone
    hopejohnstone Posts: 20
    set your weight loss goal to 0.5lbs per week and eat back exercise cals, that should give you a decent amount of calories, and enable you to slowly lose the last couple of pounds.
    ^This. MFP is just a calculator and if you set it up to lose 2 lbs a week, then it's still working on that. If you're in no way overweight, then 2 lbs a week is not longer a realistic rate of loss.

    It was on 1lb, I was thinking of changing it to 0.5lb but just wanted to get a second opinion. Thank you :)
  • PepperWorm
    PepperWorm Posts: 1,205
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/912920-in-place-of-a-road-map-3-2013
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