MFP has me down to 1250 calories...How do I change it

mickeyullrich
mickeyullrich Posts: 156 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Just curious how to adjust my settings as now that I only want to lose about 15 more lbs, MFP has me down to 1250 calories and I honestly don't want to go that low. I do eat back my exercise calories (for the most part), but on days when I don't exercise, I don't feel like 1250 is high enough for me. I know I could just eat more and log it, but then it shows that I am always going over my calories on MFP....so my question is how do you adjust the settings to get more calories but still lose? Is that even possible?
Thank you for reading :0)! I have had a rough 2 months where I didn't journal and I am trying to get back on track, but I feel like this low of calories is setting me up to overeat later!

Christine

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  • Winston1717
    Winston1717 Posts: 184
    Go into personal settings and increase daily activity. ..I refer to the IIFYM site for my Macros though as I think MFP sets protein too low.
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    Go to "My Home" -> "Goals" -> "Change Goals"
    Choose "Custom" then "Continue"
    You can change whatever you wish there and when you are done just hit "Continue"
  • ixiHemlock
    ixiHemlock Posts: 83 Member
    You could increase your daily activity or lower the number of pounds you want to lose per week.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    Go to "My Home" -> "Goals" -> "Change Goals"
    Choose "Custom" then "Continue"
    You can change whatever you wish there and when you are done just hit "Continue"

    If you're not sure how many calories per day would be appropriate, you can choose "Guided" (rather than custom) and change your weekly weight loss goal to only 1/2 a pound per week.
  • mickeyullrich
    mickeyullrich Posts: 156 Member
    Thank you so much for the responses...I am going into settings right now :0)!
  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    One of the things that annoys me about MFP is that you can't have different calorie targets for workout days vs. non-workout days. I'd like to hit 1400 on non workout days but 1200 net on workout days. I just leave it at 1200 and go over when needed.

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