2650 Calories a day??!

I'm not really a big fan of MFP's caloric breakdown but they do take into consideration your activity level, did you put in sedentary? Also you didn't tell us your current weight so I have no clue if that's too much or too little in terms of calories. Your 20 lbs in two weeks may have been to a severe low caloric intake and water weight loss. Sometimes we need to eat more to lose more, if that makes sense. You also don't want to be losing protein and muscle mass with your new dieting skills.

A better way is to calculate your TDEE (google IIFYM calculator)
On the website you put in your stats and it tells you how many calories you need.
To lose a safe amount of weight you'll have to eat at a negative 20% of your TDEE (they calculate it for you). It'll help and show you what you need to eat in terms of your carbs, fats and proteins too.

http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

Plug all your info in here to double check. I'm sure its right though

http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/ You can calculate on this site how much energy you need a day. Eat something between your BMR and TDEE and you will lose weight, but never eat below your BMR. Read the information under the calculator on that site for better explanation.

But I wouldn't believe 2650 cal a day is very wrong, since you are tall. I don't know how heavy you are though.

You lost 20lb in 2 weeks?

MFP always allocates more calories to:
- men
- taller folk
- people who weigh more

Maybe just try eating more calorically dense foods?

That's about how much I maintain on, so given your age and size, it seems reasonable for a deficit to me.

Im 6'4 and was at 360lbs. I started eating 1200 calories on non-active days, and 1300-1500 calories on active days. One day a week, usually Sunday, I eat upwards of 3000-4000 (it is my cheat day after all). So far, since February 17th, I have lost 130lbs.

TarheelramTr wrote: »

Sorry, I am 259 pounds right now and my activity is set to active. And thanks I'll check out the site see if it makes more sense. And yes I was eating around 1000 calories or less for 2 weeks because I did not ever feel hungry but I'm trying to change that.

Eating 1000 calories isn't safe by any means and I'm glad you know that. Your weight loss was probably a lot of water weight and you're going to need to get that eating up because remaining at a severe caloric restriction will stop your metabolism. So in the future when you do develop an appetite, looking at food will make you gain weight! (been there)
MFP does seem to have a right calculation there. Even if you can't make it to that amount, try and at least eat above 2000 calories. Fill up SOME of your numbers with fruits, veggies and shakes if you're not that hungry all the time.

Yes. You should eat back 1/2 of your workout calories or you will be in too big a deficit.

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Yes i think this sounds right. . Dont worry about it. . Go with what it sayds for a week and then see what you have los. MFP always allows more calories for a man and also if you are tall and weigh more. I am 6ft tall and weigh now 224 lbs and my calorie goal is 1650 a day. Also you have set your activity level at Active. . Becareful with this as you are also eating back your exercise calories. . If i were you i would go for lightly active but then thats up to you! Good luck!

I'm 26 & 6' (184cm) and i cut on first 2150cal down to 1890cal and got rid of 27.5 or 60lb since Feb. I've moved to my bulking phase (powerlifting plus distance running- bad combo i know) and slowly upped my calories to 3000cal and will eventually be somewhere between 3000cal-5000cal in the long term.

Lots of people have provided facts here, and some have provided their own experiences like i have. The comment by Sijomial above mine is very accurate.. Follow it, because there is no 100% one size fits all solution.. It takes time, effort and patience.

I wish you the best of luck.

35 here, between 5'9 & 5'10 and weigh 166lbs. I've a little muscle mass but nothing major, and am broad-shouldered with a build somewhere a little more than medium but less than large. I don't sit at a desk all day, but neither would I do anything that I would break a sweat from either. Currently I maintain on about 2625 calories a day, just to give you another data point to consider.

I plugged myself into MFP as 'lightly active' (what I actually consider myself to be) when I joined, and found the MFP figure to be on the low side and at least 400 calories off, probably more. When I exercise (walking & some bodyweight resistance training), I would need to eat anywhere from an additional 200 to 500 calories on top of that 2600 to maintain.

In any event, calculators can vary a lot and are really only good for giving you a starting point. It's often much better to figure it out yourself, and is easily enough done by keeping track of what you are typically losing each week and seeing if it is corresponding with what you would have expected to lose with your chosen calorie intake. Just remember the first few weeks of any weight loss programme will include a bit of water weight loss, so best to exclude these initial weeks from your calculations.

Hope this helps

TarheelramTr wrote: »

Thank you and one more thing is it important to increase your calorie intake with exercise? Lets say one day I felt like burning 500 calories am I supposed to eat more than I usually do?

If you use MFP's method, add exercise calories. If you use the TDEE method, it's already built on, so you would be double counting exercise.