Why did MFP change my maitenance?

Makoce
Makoce Posts: 938 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
My goal weight was 110LBS.
I reached that and MFP gave me a maintenance number of 1463.

I went on a 10 day trip and didn't log for it, when I got back, I actually lost two pounds on vacation!!
Awesome right?

When I went to change my weight, and change my settings to maintenance, MFP gave me a number of 1510??

How would my maintenance calories go up if I lost?
I didnt change any other settings.

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  • Kimbie500
    Kimbie500 Posts: 388 Member
    I don't know the answer to your question, but I wonder if MFP is adapting to your loss. Maybe it saw that you lost on the 1463 calories it gave you and upped it to maintain, since (it thinks) you lost on what you had before...
  • Makoce
    Makoce Posts: 938 Member
    Crap, maybe? I didnt know it did that.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Honestly, I dont think MFP is that sophisticated.
  • Kimbie500
    Kimbie500 Posts: 388 Member
    I'm not at maintenance and don't know, but it's the only thing I could think of to explain what it did to your calories. How long were you at 1463 before you took the time off from logging? If it was a while and that number worked to maintain for you, you could go in to "My Home," "Goals" and manually rest yourself to 1463. Alternatively, if you weren't at 1463 for long and you don't know what your maintenance is, you could try the 1510 for a few weeks and see how your body reacts. The 50 calorie difference is so slight it'll take you about 2 months to gain a pound if the 1463 is really the correct number.
  • Makoce
    Makoce Posts: 938 Member
    Honestly, I dont think MFP is that sophisticated.

    I dont think so either, but what other explanation is thereee
  • jmathis2000
    jmathis2000 Posts: 1
    While you were cutting weight the system should reduce you your cal intaske
    once you reach your weight you would up to the cal to maintain your weight
  • Makoce
    Makoce Posts: 938 Member
    While you were cutting weight the system should reduce you your cal intaske
    once you reach your weight you would up to the cal to maintain your weight

    Except both numbers were maintenance numbers, not deficits. Lol
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    Everybody's different, and maintenance takes a whole lot of trial & error to find the number of calories at which your weight stabilizes. And your weight will fluctuate day to day & throughout the day. Give yourself a window (for example, 107.5–112.5), and add or subtract 100 calories per day whenever you're outside that window.
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    Because you lost weight on maintenance and it readjusted you. You changed your weight right? When you re-enter weight it recalculates your needed calories if the change is big enough.

    I'm surprised it upped you though. Usually when you lose weight it drops your calories because it takes less to maintain a small person than a large one.
  • echoecho11
    echoecho11 Posts: 20 Member
    I think jmathis2000 is correct. You set it to maintain weight. Since you lost weight MFP upped your calories to get you back to the weight you had when you set it to maintain (or to stop you loosing any more, ). This is probably to allow for people who are on here to GAIN weight ( thought they may be few in number). If you are happy with your new 2lb weightloss you should just manually reset it as someone else has mentioned.
  • skinnyinnotime
    skinnyinnotime Posts: 4,078 Member
    Mfp has recenlty changed it's numbers on calories and macro %'s that would be why.
  • twixlepennie
    twixlepennie Posts: 1,074 Member
    Mfp has recenlty changed it's numbers on calories and macro %'s that would be why.

    This-they've updated the system so it's throwing everyone's numbers off a bit, from what they're used to seeing :)
  • Makoce
    Makoce Posts: 938 Member
    Mfp has recenlty changed it's numbers on calories and macro %'s that would be why.

    This-they've updated the system so it's throwing everyone's numbers off a bit, from what they're used to seeing :)

    Oh weird! When did they do that?
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    Mfp has recenlty changed it's numbers on calories and macro %'s that would be why.

    This-they've updated the system so it's throwing everyone's numbers off a bit, from what they're used to seeing :)

    Oh weird! When did they do that?

    in mid-december. I think it's in the News & Announcements forum (or whatever it's called)
  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    Honestly, I dont think MFP is that sophisticated.

    I dont think so either, but what other explanation is thereee
    [/quote

    The best thing to do is not to change your weight if you are in maintenance, unless it is +/- 5 lbs difference. My maintenance calories are 1430 and I also lost weight while on vacation but I didn't tell MFP. I just ate a little bit more, maybe all the exercise calories, until I got back to my goal weight.

    When you are in maintenance you tell MFP the weight that you want to maintain, which hopefully is the same as your last log-in weight/goal. If you now tell MFP that you lost 2 lbs, then the database will increase your calories so you can reach the original maintenance weight, again.

    Hope that this is clear, if not, let me know.
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    http://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/1375583-a-message-about-myfitnesspal-s-updated-nutrition-goals
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,285 Member
    I noticed that too OP - I have been in maitenance since September and my weight hasn't fluctuated by more than 2 kg in all that time.
    I logged every day except for couple of days over Christmas.

    MFP asked me if I wanted my calories adjusted since I had lost more than a certain amount (5kg from memory) - but my weight hadn't actually changed more than 2 kg since September.

    anyway I pressed yes and it upgraded me to from 1640 to 1710.

    Ive left it at 1710 for now and just aiming to hit under that on daily average - if thats not working for me, I will manually change setting back to 1640.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Because you lost weight on maintenance and it readjusted you. You changed your weight right? When you re-enter weight it recalculates your needed calories if the change is big enough.
    I don't think this is accurate. I've lost weight after going to maintenance, logged those losses in, and my maintenance calories are the same.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    it upgraded me to from 1640 to 1710.

    Ive left it at 1710 for now and just aiming to hit under that on daily average - if thats not working for me, I will manually change setting back to 1640.
    ^^^This. No one can give you a "magic number" of calories to eat. It will take trial & error to find the number of calories at which your weight will stabilize.

    Don't overthink it.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    it upgraded me to from 1640 to 1710.

    Ive left it at 1710 for now and just aiming to hit under that on daily average - if thats not working for me, I will manually change setting back to 1640.

    ^^^This. No one can give you a "magic number" of calories to eat. It will take trial & error to find the number of calories at which your weight will stabilize.

    Don't overthink it.

    you think 70 calories a day is going to make a difference!?
  • Erikalynne18
    Erikalynne18 Posts: 558 Member
    Not sure but you can double check with this:
    http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

    Good luck on your maintenance :)
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    What's that 50 calories a day? Your estimates are most likely off by at least that much anyway. Much ado about nothing.
  • noelr56
    noelr56 Posts: 107 Member
    Mfp has recenlty changed it's numbers on calories and macro %'s that would be why.

    I had the same thing happen to me!! I logged in steady for about 10 days, and then one day my calories went from 1200 to 1210! Even though, I haven't lost any weight.. it was very confusing.. but still only 10 more calories allotted.
  • Makoce
    Makoce Posts: 938 Member
    Actually the thing is I was set to lose 0.5LBS a week on my settings, but manually had maintenance added in because I was doing 1365 - 1400 instead of the full on 1463 because I was upping slowly. So thats kinda weird in itself that it did that.
    But oh well!
  • 40andFindingFitness
    40andFindingFitness Posts: 497 Member
    MFP sends a notification. When I hit a certain weight it upped my calories as well. You can change it if you don't agree with them.

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