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StephanieCoel
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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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Interesting! I'd be really curious in that too.
Maybe ask your friend why 2200??0 -
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 weight0
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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.0
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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.0
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