A little confused about something...

ledzeppelinfan1
ledzeppelinfan1 Posts: 38 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hopefully I can state this clearly. I'll try to avoid being overly wordy and just state a simple question...

To lose the two pounds per week I'm aiming for , am I supposed to eat up to my goal calories allotted by MFP? Or do I need to aim for eating 1000 less than my goal, which would be 1400 (2400-1000)?

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  • carolyn000000
    carolyn000000 Posts: 179 Member
    Eat what it tells you to eat if you use guided set-up. If you exercise, add that too and it will adjust your calories. works like a charm! g0od luck.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    MFP has already deducted 1000 calories to create your deficit. 2400 is what you should be eating.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    You aim to NET your goal on MFP.

    This means no exercise 2400 calories should result in 2 lb per week loss (providing accurate profile set up and food logging) and 2400 + exercise burns will also result in 2lbs per week loss. Basically MFP is saying based on your stats and activity level selection you would maintain your current weight at 3400 calories without exercise.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    eat what mfp tells you to (assuming you had it set to a 2 lb/ week loss) and eat back roughly half your exercise calories and adjust as needed.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Eat to your goal. MFP already factors in your deficit for you.
  • ledzeppelinfan1
    ledzeppelinfan1 Posts: 38 Member
    Well Damn...Lol...I mean, that's awesome though. Good news. More food for me. :-)
  • Protranser
    Protranser Posts: 517 Member
    ledzeppelinfan1 wrote: »
    Well Damn...Lol...I mean, that's awesome though. Good news. More food for me. :-)

    It's definitely a good thing to find you're able to eat more than you thought you could while continuing to lose weight! Congratulations!
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