Slow metabolism? Or doing it wrong?

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  • Liz6843
    Liz6843 Posts: 29 Member
    Gena575 wrote: »

    What's does mfp give you as a daily allotment? That plus the built in deficit (500 calories/day per lb of loss you set) equals your maintenance calories or tdee. Most fitness trackers give you tdee. So if mfp gives you 1200 and the tracker says 2000and you're set to 1lb/week, you could eat back the 200 calorie difference.

    If the tracker syncs to mfp and is adding 900 calories to what mfp gives you, 50% of them is a good start point. Then reassess in a month based on how you're losing. Faster? Eat more of them. Slower? Eat fewer of them. On target? Great, keep doing as you have!

    Not sure what you mean but this is what my fitness tracker says, and I eat 1/3 of my "other calories"

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  • Gena575
    Gena575 Posts: 224 Member
    lizlamarca6843 wrote: »
    Gena575 wrote: »

    What's does mfp give you as a daily allotment? That plus the built in deficit (500 calories/day per lb of loss you set) equals your maintenance calories or tdee. Most fitness trackers give you tdee. So if mfp gives you 1200 and the tracker says 2000and you're set to 1lb/week, you could eat back the 200 calorie difference.

    If the tracker syncs to mfp and is adding 900 calories to what mfp gives you, 50% of them is a good start point. Then reassess in a month based on how you're losing. Faster? Eat more of them. Slower? Eat fewer of them. On target? Great, keep doing as you have!

    Not sure what you mean but this is what my fitness tracker says, and I eat 1/3 of my "other calories"

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    Your Total Daily Energy Expenditure is the 2581 number. Give or take, as nothing is 100% accurate. So to lose a 2lbs a week 1500 is a decent goal to start with from that data, if that's a typical day. To lose 1lb a week, 2000 would be a decent goal. If you're satisfied with how you are eating at 1500 I'd stick with that for a few weeks to a month and average out your losses per week to see if you're losing at the rate expected generally.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Weighing with cups and spoons is inherently inaccurate. Use a scale for greater accuracy

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