How long should I go before recalculating my calorie goal?

OneHundredToLose
OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I've lost a little more than 8lbs in the last 30 days, and have recalculated my calorie goal once, resulting in about 150 calories fewer than I was allocated previously. I was just wondering if there's a general rule of thumb for this, or any type of guideline. I want to make sure I stay on track with my projected losses.

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  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    I think as you enter your weight loss into MFP, it will adjust for you but I don't know for sure since I've always been about 1250 calories a day since I started, but for my own records, and for exercise calorie purposes, I adjust every 5 pounds or so.
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
    MommyL2015 wrote: »
    I think as you enter your weight loss into MFP, it will adjust for you but I don't know for sure since I've always been about 1250 calories a day since I started, but for my own records, and for exercise calorie purposes, I adjust every 5 pounds or so.

    I thought that too, but I've entered a weight change with each pound, and it hasn't recalculated. Is this just because the difference is so small?
  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    MFP does the recalculation at 10 pounds.
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
    BurnWithBarn2015 wrote: »
    MFP does the recalculation at 10 pounds.

    Excellent to know. Thanks!
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
    edited September 2015
    Rule of thumb, or what MFP used to prompt to recalculate your goals, was every 10 lbs.

    I recalculate every time I lose weight, though. Even if my loss is in the tenths of a pound. Because MFP recalculates my TDEE every time I lose weight, and though it doesn't adjust my calorie goal the adjustment shows up in my exercise log with the Fitbit TDEE (and Fitbit also adjusts its numbers every time I lose weight).

    ETA: I enter my calorie goal manually, not the guided set up.
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