Calorie goal changed against my will

Hazandduck
Hazandduck Posts: 2 Member
edited November 25 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,

I am a little confused nd just wondered if anyone else has experienced this.

I have been on MFP for two months and doing diet and exercise etc. I have lost 8lbs approximately and am really pleased (I still eat well, balanced and don't feel starving hungry all the time.)

MFP set my calorie goal as 1200 and I have managed to stick to about 1400 - 1500 a day with exercise on top most days (odd splurges of course!)

I put in my new weight this morning and MFP jumped up my calorie goal to 1550 which seems a lot! Why would it have done this? I still want to lose another 5lbs or so!

Any help is much appreciated.

Harri

Replies

  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    How big was the difference in weight between your old and current entries? Did you change your loss per week rate (which is advised as you get closer to goal)?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Something got changed in your goals. Recheck your data.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Ya, check your stats here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided
  • dietstokes
    dietstokes Posts: 216 Member
    You can always manually set it to 1400-1500 (whichever number you choose. Its just making a recommendation, but you know your body best. I say go with what is working.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    edited October 2015
    Were you set at loss of 2 lbs/week when you started, which almost always ends up at 1200 cals (the lowest MFP will recommend) and now you are set at 1 lb/week, which 1550 might be more reasonable? Or before you were set at sedentary and it has been changed to lightly active or active? When I got my FitBit after a few weeks/months of activity MFP automatically changed my activity level to active and bumped up my cals, which was great for me because now the adjustments are smaller and more representative of my actual exercise, not my basic day to day activity.

    As others have said, check all your settings and if nothing else you can do a custom goal of whatever level you prefer, but 1200 is generally lower than necessary for much of the population.

    Edited to add that if you are only trying to lose 5 more lbs then 0.5 lb/week is what you should be set at in MFP and 1550 is definitely a reasonable number for that loss.
  • moxie1962
    moxie1962 Posts: 165 Member
    I didn't even lose till I upped my calories from 1420 to 1600 per day. My body just wasn't getting enough nutrition on the lower calorie setting. Now I am up to a 55# weight loss.
  • blossomingbutterfly
    blossomingbutterfly Posts: 743 Member
    Check your settings. Something was changed.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    moxie1962 wrote: »
    I didn't even lose till I upped my calories from 1420 to 1600 per day. My body just wasn't getting enough nutrition on the lower calorie setting. Now I am up to a 55# weight loss.
    More food doesn't lead to more weight loss.

  • valmaebel
    valmaebel Posts: 1,045 Member
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    moxie1962 wrote: »
    I didn't even lose till I upped my calories from 1420 to 1600 per day. My body just wasn't getting enough nutrition on the lower calorie setting. Now I am up to a 55# weight loss.
    More food doesn't lead to more weight loss.

    Not directly. But if you're not eating enough, it will lead to binge eating, or sneaking snacks and things. So in can stall weight loss indirectly if it is and unrealistic goal.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    valmaebel wrote: »
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    moxie1962 wrote: »
    I didn't even lose till I upped my calories from 1420 to 1600 per day. My body just wasn't getting enough nutrition on the lower calorie setting. Now I am up to a 55# weight loss.
    More food doesn't lead to more weight loss.

    Not directly. But if you're not eating enough, it will lead to binge eating, or sneaking snacks and things. So in can stall weight loss indirectly if it is and unrealistic goal.
    A. No. Not "will." Might. B. If someone is binging and sneaking, she isn't eating the 1420, anyway.

    So, no, it can't. Eating too much can.

  • Hazandduck
    Hazandduck Posts: 2 Member
    Thanks everyone for responding! It may be because I changed my target weight in my mind but not on here and I have hit my previous target now! I will adjust my target. And as someone rightly said, I know my body and will just stick to what seems to be working. Cheers guys :smiley:
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