Advice Please :)

belgiumjen
belgiumjen Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Hi

Hey everyone:) I'm back on my fitness pal and more determined than ever! I have some questions about my calorie goal. For info I :
Weigh 241 lbs :(
Goal weight is 170 lbs
5 foot 9 inches
Plan on exercising 5 times a week for about 45 minutes each time

I set goals as losing 2lb a week which came out with a calorie goal of about 1300 cals per day. I was planning on eating back half the exercise calories. Is this enough, or should I decrease to losing 1.5lb per week? Want to do this properly so all advice welcome!

Thanks and good luck to everyone

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  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    Make sure you eat back your exercise calories.

    Alternatively, you can figure out your TDEE and subtract up to 20% off that. Then you just always eat the same amount, and don't track the exercise calories. That being said, remember to recalculate every 10lbs.
    Helpful link here - http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
  • belgiumjen
    belgiumjen Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you for your help that's really useful!
  • dru8376
    dru8376 Posts: 98 Member
    IMHO...

    I would set your weight loss goal down to either 1 lb or 1.5 lb per week. Losing 2 lbs per week is really meant for those who have a very significant amount of weight to lose. (ie 300+ lbs).

    There is always debate on eating back your exercise calories. One side says "eat them back" while the other side says "don't eat them back" while another side says "eat half of them back". Only you will know what will work best. Try doing each of the three sides to see.

    Again, there is always debate on which way to figure out your eating calories per day. You can let MFP do it automatically or use the TDEE method. Either one will work but again, it will be up to you to know which works best.
  • belgiumjen
    belgiumjen Posts: 3 Member
    dru8376 wrote: »
    IMHO...

    I would set your weight loss goal down to either 1 lb or 1.5 lb per week. Losing 2 lbs per week is really meant for those who have a very significant amount of weight to lose. (ie 300+ lbs).

    There is always debate on eating back your exercise calories. One side says "eat them back" while the other side says "don't eat them back" while another side says "eat half of them back". Only you will know what will work best. Try doing each of the three sides to see.

    Again, there is always debate on which way to figure out your eating calories per day. You can let MFP do it automatically or use the TDEE method. Either one will work but again, it will be up to you to know which works best.

    Thanks a lot-I have reduced to 1.5lb per week, which is about 1500 calories a day, which is more reasonable than 1300 or so as set by the 2lb per week loss!

    I will try eating half the exercise calories back-I did that last time I was on mfp. Now I'm extra determined after the Christmas break:)
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