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It all depends on where you set your weight loss per week goal. With only 20 pounds to go, you should really aim for 1 pounds per week, or even .5 per week. If you have it set to 2 pounds a week, it's probably a bit too aggressive of a goal. Play with your settings and see if that makes a difference. And red wine is fine if it fits in your calories for the day. good luck!

You can have anything you want and if it fits in your calorie goals, it's fine.

As for your calorie goal - what did you choose for your weekly loss goal when you set up your account? With only 20lbs to lose, you should be at 1/2 to no more than a pound a week for your loss goal. If you set it to 2lbs a week, change it, and it will give you a higher daily calorie allowance.

Unless you are a very tiny person, 1280 probably isn't enough for you. But as omma said - you will get more cals added when you log your exercise. The daily goal you're given at MFP has you at a calorie deficit before exercise - you could eat to goal daily, do zero exercise and you'll lose. Burning off more through exercise creates a much larger deficit, which we don't want, so the cals are added back into your goal. your daily NET cals should be at or very near your goal at the end of the day.

Hello, I just set up my profile this morning and it said that I can consume 1280 cal a day. I already added breakfast, snack and lunch (which is from the Julian Michaels Ripped in 30 meal plan) and I only have about 100 calories left for dinner! Could my daily calorie intake be too low? I plan to do her 20 min HIIT workout 5 days a week and I want to lose 20 lbs. I am currently 132 lbs. Am I missing something? My second question is about red wine. Can and cant I have a glass of red wine in the evening if it is within my calorie guidelines? My weight is pretty much all in my belly and I heard that the sugar from the wine goes right to my belly but I was also told a glass of red wine is good for me.

1 - your weight loss goal as per MFP is based on your stats (height/weight/age) and how much you told MFP you wanted to lose and your activity level. With 20 lbs to lose I would only select 1 Lb per week at most.

2 - as noted in #1, your calorie goal is directly correlated to your activity level...most people put sedentary even if they're not really sedentary...why people do this, I have no idea...it must be that people are absolutely clueless when it comes to understanding that their body's calorie requirements are directly correlated to their activity.

At anyrate, MFP works a bit differently than other calorie calculators in that your calorie goal is determined as per your NEAT (Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis)...so your activity level does NOT include exercise. As such, exercise becomes an add'l activity that needs to be accounted for when you do it...thus you log it and get those calories to "eat back". You just have to be extremely careful not to overestimate your calorie burn which most people do because they think they burn a gazillion calories per hour doing what amounts to some recreational activity but they put "vigorous" effort. It is for this reason that I generally recommend people use the TDEE method if they're regularly performing their exercise and are consistent...that way everything is just rolled up into one gross figure and you don't have to really worry about your exercise burn.

At nearly 5'4", 110 lbs is the very bottom of a healthy weight. Very close to being underweight. I suspect you're essentially trying to change your natural body shape (pear) by going super low in your weight. You're already at a healthy weight. You should likely focus on building muscle and reducing body fat, rather than worrying about weight. I still say the wine isn't an issue.