Are my surplus calories too high?

kjg1965297
kjg1965297 Posts: 121 Member
edited January 28 in Health and Weight Loss
My goal calorie intake is 1689 plus excercise. Some times like to day I have 1000 calories leftover. Is this too mush and if so where should I be.

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  • ladynocturne
    ladynocturne Posts: 865 Member
    Your remaining calories should say 0 and your NET should display whatever you calorie goal is.

    The allotted calories that MFP gives you already has your deficit build into it, you don't have to exercise to lose weight on top of it.

    If you exercise you get to eat more calories, it isn't a punishment, enjoy your food!
  • mheebner
    mheebner Posts: 285 Member
    Its way too low. You should be eating at a MINIMUM your calories as defined by MFP. In addition to that amount you should make an effort to eat back most if not all of your exercise calories. From what I understand as you lose weight, your caloric intake decreases so you should be enjoying the amount you have now.
    A good way to bump up those calories is fruit/veggie smoothies, or some frozen yogurt. Snack on some roasted veggie hummus with carrots and other vegetables, etc.
  • kjg1965297
    kjg1965297 Posts: 121 Member
    So I need to eat more to lose weight!!!!!!!!!!
  • TwelveSticks
    TwelveSticks Posts: 288 Member
    Sounds daft, but yes, you need to eat more.

    My (successful) formula is:

    1. Get MFP to define a goal based on no exercise at all,
    2. Eat the above goal, plus 2/3rds of exercise calories (to allow for overestimates),
    3. Cap eat-back calories at a comfortable maximum value (I use 2,000 kCals).
  • kjg1965297
    kjg1965297 Posts: 121 Member
    I have seen so many acronyms I am not following. What is MFP?
  • Dragn77
    Dragn77 Posts: 806 Member
    MFP = MyFitnessPal =)
  • Lauracharder
    Lauracharder Posts: 141 Member
    MFP=My Fitness Pal

    and yes, you need to eat all your calories :)
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,297 Member
    So I need to eat more to lose weight!!!!!!!!!!

    You will lose weight by not eating more, but a larger % of the loss will be from lean muscle vs. fat . So smaller deficit = slower weight loss, but you will be a lower BF% at every weight as you lose.
  • llkilgore
    llkilgore Posts: 1,169 Member
    So I need to eat more to lose weight!!!!!!!!!!


    You may lose more weight in the short term by jacking up your deficit with uncompensated exercise calories, but it's likely to prove counterproductive in the long term. Your body will find other ways of compensating, some of which will have long lasting consequences. The muscle you burn off unnecessarily this week won't be around to burn calories for you next week, next month, or after you reach goal. And muscle, once lost, is difficult to recover without also regaining fat.
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