Confused - Calorie adjustment

spritey86
spritey86 Posts: 70 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hey all,

just had a moment where I realised that MFP has not re-calculated or adjusted my calorie allowance for a very long time. I have lost a lot of weight since it last changed.

So I am currently 191lbs, 5'3 female and MFP says I can eat 1,510 calories a day. I have set it to sedentary activity and for 1lb a week loss.

I have also looked at the BMR calculator which says my BMR is 1561. I thought, to lose 1lb a week, you needed to cut 500 calories a day (your deficit).

Why is my target calorie intake so close to my BMR?

Thanks in advance.

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  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    You need to go into settings and have it recalculate.
  • spritey86
    spritey86 Posts: 70 Member
    Thanks Laz, I just did that and its only taken it down by 50 calories.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    BMR is the amount of calories our body burns just by living. Your deficit comes off of our TDEE, which includes everything you burn throughout the day (or, in MFP's case, off of NEAT--everything you burn outside of exercise).
  • spritey86
    spritey86 Posts: 70 Member
    Ah so the MFP target accounts for TDEE as well as BMR?
  • spritey86
    spritey86 Posts: 70 Member
    Or just NEAT?... thanks for that. I found a thread explaining it all :)
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    spritey86 wrote: »
    Ah so the MFP target accounts for TDEE as well as BMR?

    Not quite.

    MFP doesn't include exercise in it's calculation. It uses NEAT instead.

    BMR = Calories burned laying in bed all day. No activity at all.
    NEAT = BMR + calories burned during your day to day activity
    TDEE = BMR + calories burned during daily activity + exercise

    Sedentary on MFP is BMR x 1.2 for activity.

    Your calorie goal will have you losing weight without exercise.

    If MFP gave you 1510 for 1 lb per week loss, that means it expects you to burn 2010 calories in a day before exercise. When you exercise, you will get a few more calories to eat so that you maintain your 500 calorie deficit. It is usually recommended to start with eating 50% of the exercise calories and adjusting up or down as needed based on actual results.
  • spritey86
    spritey86 Posts: 70 Member
    shadow2soul wrote: »
    spritey86 wrote: »
    Ah so the MFP target accounts for TDEE as well as BMR?

    Not quite.

    MFP doesn't include exercise in it's calculation. It uses NEAT instead.

    BMR = Calories burned laying in bed all day. No activity at all.
    NEAT = BMR + calories burned during your day to day activity
    TDEE = BMR + calories burned during daily activity + exercise

    Sedentary on MFP is BMR x 1.2 for activity.

    Your calorie goal will have you losing weight without exercise.

    If MFP gave you 1510 for 1 lb per week loss, that means it expects you to burn 2010 calories in a day before exercise. When you exercise, you will get a few more calories to eat so that you maintain your 500 calorie deficit. It is usually recommended to start with eating 50% of the exercise calories and adjusting up or down as needed based on actual results.

    Thank you. Excellent explanation. Thank you for taking the time. x

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