Has everyone been recalculating your calories as you lose we

BrianJLamb
BrianJLamb Posts: 239 Member
edited September 24 in Health and Weight Loss
I was about 181 when I started on the site. I had dropped from 197 to that weight before I found the app on my phone. When I set up my account and I and I entered my stats, MFP gave me a 1430 goal for my calories. 9 lbs later and I went in and adjusted my goals and recalculated and my new daily intake goal is 1360 or something like that. I am wondering if everyone does this.
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  • lissy44241
    lissy44241 Posts: 3
    i started 140 i think and went down 13 lb and recalculated as well.
  • Trovan
    Trovan Posts: 133 Member
    Yeah, I recalculate about every 10 lbs lost.
  • mogzBH
    mogzBH Posts: 50
    I planned to recalculate for every 10lbs lost. Not done my first one yet, hopefully next week!
  • stella77
    stella77 Posts: 282
    Yes. I just recently recalculated so I can eat more. 1200kcal a day, although it did wonders (I lost a lot of weight) was draining my energy. I was constantly tired. Doing better on 1370kcal and still losing!
  • HollyRutledge
    HollyRutledge Posts: 250 Member
    I was just wondering about this last night...as I have just started here 6 days ago. Where do you go to recalculate it?
  • yyzdnl
    yyzdnl Posts: 127 Member
    I use the custom goals and recalculate about every 5 pounds.

    Another thing is to remember to update your body weight in your HRM if you have one.
  • shelcof
    shelcof Posts: 62 Member
    Are you talking about the BMR calculator? That told me 1700+ calories, but I have been using 1300 as my goal. So that was wrong? No wonder I've been losing....
  • Painten
    Painten Posts: 499 Member
    A message pops up telling you to recalculate when you've lost a certain number of lbs. Mine popped up at 12lbs lost.
  • jennifir
    jennifir Posts: 197 Member
    I recalculated mine when I finally got a job. I started waitressing and began losing the weight slower. So, I recalculated to account for the new activity level.
  • HollyRutledge
    HollyRutledge Posts: 250 Member
    Ok thanks Painten... :)
  • kao708
    kao708 Posts: 813 Member
    I was about 181 when I started on the site. I had dropped from 197 to that weight before I found the app on my phone. When I set up my account and I and I entered my stats, MFP gave me a 1430 goal for my calories. 9 lbs later and I went in and adjusted my goals and recalculated and my new daily intake goal is 1360 or something like that. I am wondering if everyone does this.
    If you are using the "suggested/guided" goals that MFP calculates it should change your goals for you as you lose weight. If you did custom, you need to change your own. I believe MFP checks for a 10 lbs loss before making the automatic changes.
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    I've just been recalculating every now and then just because. If I'm having a hard time meeting my goals, or if I'm not feeling good, etc. But assuming I eventually get things evened out, yes, I'll be recalculating as I lose.
  • AlistairBrown
    AlistairBrown Posts: 11 Member
    Can you tell me how to recalculate?

    I was 246 now 224 aiming for 209 by Easter.
  • Keefypoos
    Keefypoos Posts: 231 Member
    seems to be very low calories for a man there Brian
  • dlm10
    dlm10 Posts: 39 Member
    I've never seen this message and I have lost 22 lbs so far. What screen do you see this on?
  • MissMay
    MissMay Posts: 3,749 Member
    I was about 181 when I started on the site. I had dropped from 197 to that weight before I found the app on my phone. When I set up my account and I and I entered my stats, MFP gave me a 1430 goal for my calories. 9 lbs later and I went in and adjusted my goals and recalculated and my new daily intake goal is 1360 or something like that. I am wondering if everyone does this.

    Funny you should post this. Yes I did as of yesterday. I also changed my carb/protien/fats ratio too. One thing I wish, when we changed our calorie goals, that it would NOT change the past entered food log calories required.

    By the way why are your calorie in takes so low? For a male it should be higher.

    Just my thought...................................
  • BrianJLamb
    BrianJLamb Posts: 239 Member
    I was about 181 when I started on the site. I had dropped from 197 to that weight before I found the app on my phone. When I set up my account and I and I entered my stats, MFP gave me a 1430 goal for my calories. 9 lbs later and I went in and adjusted my goals and recalculated and my new daily intake goal is 1360 or something like that. I am wondering if everyone does this.
    If you are using the "suggested/guided" goals that MFP calculates it should change your goals for you as you lose weight. If you did custom, you need to change your own. I believe MFP checks for a 10 lbs loss before making the automatic changes.

    This is good to know. I am only at the 9 lbs mark, so no auto recalc for me. I didnt know how it was working for everyone else. I know I have looked at peoples journals and their caloric goals and I wondered how frequently people checked on the adjustments.
  • sweetheart03622
    sweetheart03622 Posts: 928 Member
    Bump
  • BrianJLamb
    BrianJLamb Posts: 239 Member
    I've never seen this message and I have lost 22 lbs so far. What screen do you see this on?

    My Home (Tab)
    Goals
    Change Goals
    Use recommended

    I entered a different loss goal. Hit enter to update. Then I changed my goal back to my original goal. My calories dropped.

    @Keefypoos...I never claimed to be a man. I am a large child at best.
  • marianne_s
    marianne_s Posts: 983 Member
    Hi, I'm following the Rosemary Conley diet (in the uk) and they recalculate my weight after every stone (14 lbs) lost - and that's the number I put in MFP.
  • curleesam
    curleesam Posts: 462 Member
    I've never seen this message and I have lost 22 lbs so far. What screen do you see this on?

    @Keefypoos...I never claimed to be a man. I am a large child at best.

    LOL

    I should also add that I changed my goals after every 10lbs lost. The reason for this is that my stamina is waaaay up in the gym and so I figure that I need to be eating more to account for this. Don't worry though as it doesn't up it drastically. It is a good way to prepare for maintenance as well. If you think about it, the closer you get to those final 10lbs, it is unrealistic to expect to lose 2lbs per week. It will probably be 0.5lb a week and once you change that on MFP it automatically adjusts your calorie intake.
  • BrianJLamb
    BrianJLamb Posts: 239 Member
    I was about 181 when I started on the site. I had dropped from 197 to that weight before I found the app on my phone. When I set up my account and I and I entered my stats, MFP gave me a 1430 goal for my calories. 9 lbs later and I went in and adjusted my goals and recalculated and my new daily intake goal is 1360 or something like that. I am wondering if everyone does this.

    Funny you should post this. Yes I did as of yesterday. I also changed my carb/protien/fats ratio too. One thing I wish, when we changed our calorie goals, that it would NOT change the past entered food log calories required.

    By the way why are your calorie in takes so low? For a male it should be higher.

    Just my thought..................................

    I dunno. It is just what the site is telling me. Maybe I am being too honest with it? When it asks how active I am, I tell it I am a lazy bum and when it says how much weight do you want to lose, I say alot and quick?

    Seriously, I am sedentary with a desk job. I told the system that I wanted to meet a goal while working out 3 to 4 days a week and my goal weight is kinda low for my size. I am trying to get to 155 lbs. On most days, I dont hit my calories. I am not overly concerned because I try to get vitamins in and kinda clean foods, so they arent really calorie dense...for the most part.

    I give it another couple of weeks at low rate calories and then I will probably bump my goals to be less aggressive as far as weight loss is concerned, focusing on get ripped up like Tyler Durden.
  • sweetheart03622
    sweetheart03622 Posts: 928 Member

    @Keefypoos...I never claimed to be a man. I am a large child at best.

    :laugh: That was cute
  • curleesam
    curleesam Posts: 462 Member
    I was about 181 when I started on the site. I had dropped from 197 to that weight before I found the app on my phone. When I set up my account and I and I entered my stats, MFP gave me a 1430 goal for my calories. 9 lbs later and I went in and adjusted my goals and recalculated and my new daily intake goal is 1360 or something like that. I am wondering if everyone does this.

    Funny you should post this. Yes I did as of yesterday. I also changed my carb/protien/fats ratio too. One thing I wish, when we changed our calorie goals, that it would NOT change the past entered food log calories required.

    By the way why are your calorie in takes so low? For a male it should be higher.

    Just my thought..................................

    I dunno. It is just what the site is telling me. Maybe I am being too honest with it? When it asks how active I am, I tell it I am a lazy bum and when it says how much weight do you want to lose, I say alot and quick?

    Seriously, I am sedentary with a desk job. I told the system that I wanted to meet a goal while working out 3 to 4 days a week and my goal weight is kinda low for my size. I am trying to get to 155 lbs. On most days, I dont hit my calories. I am not overly concerned because I try to get vitamins in and kinda clean foods, so they arent really calorie dense...for the most part.

    I give it another couple of weeks at low rate calories and then I will probably bump my goals to be less aggressive as far as weight loss is concerned, focusing on get ripped up like Tyler Durden.

    Yeah your calories are low for a man. I am no expert but you should probably be eating more than that. I am at home on maternity leave and I have set my activity level to the lowest possible. That way, any walking or exercise I do like cleaning, long walks with the pram etc I make sure I log them on here.
  • kelda_shelton
    kelda_shelton Posts: 20
    I was about 181 when I started on the site. I had dropped from 197 to that weight before I found the app on my phone. When I set up my account and I and I entered my stats, MFP gave me a 1430 goal for my calories. 9 lbs later and I went in and adjusted my goals and recalculated and my new daily intake goal is 1360 or something like that. I am wondering if everyone does this.

    Funny you should post this. Yes I did as of yesterday. I also changed my carb/protien/fats ratio too. One thing I wish, when we changed our calorie goals, that it would NOT change the past entered food log calories required.

    Totally... I recalulated after week 6 and 16lbs lost (from a starting weight of 16 stone) and it took it down by 90 calories, from 1290 to 1200. When i looked back at previous weeks where I had been in the green I was now showing the majority of the time in the red as I am normally less than 100 calores from my calorie goal every week. I did wonder why the cals had gone down rather than up after losing 16lbs but I did adjust my goal weight by making it 12 stone rather than 12.5 stone at the same time so maybe that was why.
  • BrianJLamb
    BrianJLamb Posts: 239 Member
    I was about 181 when I started on the site. I had dropped from 197 to that weight before I found the app on my phone. When I set up my account and I and I entered my stats, MFP gave me a 1430 goal for my calories. 9 lbs later and I went in and adjusted my goals and recalculated and my new daily intake goal is 1360 or something like that. I am wondering if everyone does this.

    Funny you should post this. Yes I did as of yesterday. I also changed my carb/protien/fats ratio too. One thing I wish, when we changed our calorie goals, that it would NOT change the past entered food log calories required.

    By the way why are your calorie in takes so low? For a male it should be higher.

    Just my thought..................................

    I dunno. It is just what the site is telling me. Maybe I am being too honest with it? When it asks how active I am, I tell it I am a lazy bum and when it says how much weight do you want to lose, I say alot and quick?

    Seriously, I am sedentary with a desk job. I told the system that I wanted to meet a goal while working out 3 to 4 days a week and my goal weight is kinda low for my size. I am trying to get to 155 lbs. On most days, I dont hit my calories. I am not overly concerned because I try to get vitamins in and kinda clean foods, so they arent really calorie dense...for the most part.

    I give it another couple of weeks at low rate calories and then I will probably bump my goals to be less aggressive as far as weight loss is concerned, focusing on get ripped up like Tyler Durden.

    Yeah your calories are low for a man. I am no expert but you should probably be eating more than that. I am at home on maternity leave and I have set my activity level to the lowest possible. That way, any walking or exercise I do like cleaning, long walks with the pram etc I make sure I log them on here.

    Hold on a minute here.....How does this thing figure out calories then? I mean, I am hungry most of the day, but that is by my own doing because I like to stay on like 1000 calories to 1100....but this thing is still counting me low by all of your accounts. I like it just fine because I am dropping weight like crazy, but I want to do that on my own, not because the "man" is misleading me. I am 172 lbs and I am trying to drop 17 lbs in the next two months....the numbers look right to me. How aggressive is everyone being on their projected loss? Are you shooting for like a lb a week or .5 or what?
  • Becky1971
    Becky1971 Posts: 979 Member
    If you are just using the suggested goal, won't it stop at a certain number and not go lower, like 1200 or 1000?
  • BrianJLamb
    BrianJLamb Posts: 239 Member
    I dunno...mine is at 1370 right now. On most days I am doing 500 calories or more worth of cardio, bringing me up to an 1900 to 2000 threshold, but then I just eat 1000 to 1100 anyways. The extra 900 calories that I dont eat equal a pound in 4 days, so I lose about 2 to 2.5 lbs a week, depending on how much I work out and what I decide to eat on the weekends.
  • curleesam
    curleesam Posts: 462 Member
    I dunno...mine is at 1370 right now. On most days I am doing 500 calories or more worth of cardio, bringing me up to an 1900 to 2000 threshold, but then I just eat 1000 to 1100 anyways. The extra 900 calories that I dont eat equal a pound in 4 days, so I lose about 2 to 2.5 lbs a week, depending on how much I work out and what I decide to eat on the weekends.

    I think the way the experts advise is to lose 1-2lb per week so that you have more chance of keeping it off. Any more than that and I guess its regarded as a crash diet?

    I set my goal to lose 2lb per week initially but now as I near my goal it is 1lb a week which is more realistic as there is less to lose.
  • BrianJLamb
    BrianJLamb Posts: 239 Member
    I dunno...mine is at 1370 right now. On most days I am doing 500 calories or more worth of cardio, bringing me up to an 1900 to 2000 threshold, but then I just eat 1000 to 1100 anyways. The extra 900 calories that I dont eat equal a pound in 4 days, so I lose about 2 to 2.5 lbs a week, depending on how much I work out and what I decide to eat on the weekends.

    I think the way the experts advise is to lose 1-2lb per week so that you have more chance of keeping it off. Any more than that and I guess its regarded as a crash diet?

    I set my goal to lose 2lb per week initially but now as I near my goal it is 1lb a week which is more realistic as there is less to lose.

    That sounds good and healthy. I agree that you are mostly correct with the 1-2 lbs a week. It becomes a lifestyle and not a diet. I want that eventually. I will actually want to gain weight eventually, so I will have to start eating more food. My real issue is that I am not really happy with any type of fatness on me. Kindof dimorphic, but whatever. I finally start to she that self imposed stigma somewhere around 157 lbs. At 157, I cant fit into a size 30-32 and I view myself as lean. I can upswing my calories, start lifting more and doing less cardio, and I should start to build up some musc-les.
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