TOO MANY CALORIES

eesoel · January 2011

Myfitnesspal tells me I have to eat 1200 calories every day. I feel like this is a way too big amount of calories to loose weight. Am I wrong or right?

ashlee954 · January 2011

That's the minimum anyone should eat EVER.

heather0mc · January 2011

wrong. that is the minimum you should eat. go search and read through the message boards for more information.

DrBorkBork · January 2011

listen to what your body wants. 1200 is very tiny. I can pack away 1000 cals for lunch after gym (check my diary entry yesterday)
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/DrBorkBork?date=2011-01-20

I ended up eating everything from No Nola to the laughing cow cheese in about an hour. Had it all as lunch, skipped breakfast.

sevangelista · January 2011

is you comment of the least anyone should ever eat based on "Net Calories"? or "Food Calories"?

galvestongal · January 2011

If you eat less than 1200 calories it sends your body into starvation mode and your body will hang onto every calorie. 1200 is the very minimum anyone should eat to provide adequate nutrition for your body to function properly.

erickirb · January 2011

Way wrong, it is next to impossible to get the daily nutritional requirements on anything less than 1200 cals (how would you get all your vitamins and minerals, fiber, etc if you eat less than that small amount?)

alyssa83202 · January 2011

Be careful! You have to eat to lose weight and stay healthy! It sounds weird, but it's true!

sevangelista · January 2011

ok I will try and ask this more carefully by way of example

if MFP , based on my goals, suggests 1500 calories, and I eat 5, 300 calorie meals I would be fine. Now lets say that I exercise and I burn 500 calories on a run.

My question is do I need to eat an additional 200 calories minimum? therefore eating 1700 calories for the day?

thank you all...I love this site!

jillerin457 · January 2011

Yes, you do need to eat those extra exercise calories. They're built into the MFP calculation -- otherwise, it would have the same starvation mode effect as not exercising and only eating 1200. There are a lot of helpful message board posts about this. As strange as it sounds, you really do have to eat what you burn (just not way more)!

jessieinblue · January 2011

ok I will try and ask this more carefully by way of example

if MFP , based on my goals, suggests 1500 calories, and I eat 5, 300 calorie meals I would be fine. Now lets say that I exercise and I burn 500 calories on a run.

My question is do I need to eat an additional 200 calories minimum? therefore eating 1700 calories for the day?

thank you all...I love this site!

Yes, you get the gist of it.

ladyhawk00 · January 2011

These threads really help explain how MFP calculates everything and how to address exercise cals, etc. MUST READS!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

Good luck!

howsoonisnow · February 2011

So what if the calorie hangs on to every calorie? At some time it will have no choice but to let go anyway.

thankyou4thevenom · February 2011

These threads really help explain how MFP calculates everything and how to address exercise cals, etc. MUST READS!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

Good luck!

Just quoting this because you really need to read the links if you honestly think 1200 cals is too much to eat.
If you only read on of them read the last one. It will open your eyes to what you are doing wrong.

TOO MANY CALORIES

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