Seriously? What The Hell?

StephanieCoel
StephanieCoel Posts: 3
edited September 24 in Motivation and Support
OK, so one of my best friends is a dietician. She said if I want to lose weight then I should be eating 2,200 calories. MFP says I need to eat 1260 calories. What is up with that?

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  • mrau719
    mrau719 Posts: 288 Member
    Interesting! I'd be really curious in that too.

    Maybe ask your friend why 2200??
  • bhb301
    bhb301 Posts: 338 Member
    MFP doesn't count cals in, that's why if you exercise you have more cals to eat. Over 2,000 sounds like alot to try and lose weight
  • Pfa74
    Pfa74 Posts: 10 Member
    The body burns on average 2200-2700 cals per day with women at the lower end. Sounds to me like shes recomending an intake to maintain your body weight.
  • en4cerd43
    en4cerd43 Posts: 34 Member
    That 2200 calories has to be coupled with exercise. Almost all dieticians will tell you not to lose more than 2 pounds per week. With regular exercise, assuming you burn about 500 calories from exercise per day, 2200 sounds good. Remember if you eat at your maintenance and burn 500 calories a day that will equal 3500 which accounts for one pound a week.

    If you maintain that level of exercise, plus a 500 calorie deficiency, you reach your 1000 calorie deficit, which will account for two pounds lost a week.
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