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Calorie confusion....

arrielle10
arrielle10 Posts: 35
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am not sure if this really counts as calorie confusion. MFP set my calorie goal at 1810. Most days I eat 1300-1500. Once or twice a week I eat 1700-1800. Is this a good idea?

Oh and I had surgery end of December and have not yet been cleared for exercise so right now I am just calorie counting.

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Meh...why not eat the 1800? I'd love to eat 1800 and lose. It's okay if you don't do it every day but there's not reason to create such a large deficit if you don't need to.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Sounds great. The only requirement to lose is the deficit-still you want to incorporate strength training as soon as possible, to minimize muscle loss while you're losing.
  • mskinner1091
    mskinner1091 Posts: 180 Member
    As long as you're continuing a deficit then it's fine. But I'm with her ^^^... If I was aloud that much, I'd eat it :smiley:
  • SandyBVTN
    SandyBVTN Posts: 367 Member
    For me those numbers work great, though I am at 1200 rather than 1300-1500 on my lower days. Not much activity over here either.

    I'm in the camp of trying something and if it works with your goals and lifestyle, continue. If three weeks go by and the scale is not moving or you are hungry all the time, switch things up.
  • arrielle10
    arrielle10 Posts: 35
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Sounds great. The only requirement to lose is the deficit-still you want to incorporate strength training as soon as possible, to minimize muscle loss while you're losing.

    I will be doing strength training as soon as I am able. I had surgery 3 weeks ago and have not been cleared.
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