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I'm not sure that MFP gave me the right amount of calories!

tatefitnesspal
tatefitnesspal Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am 20 years old (male), 6' 1", and I weight 297lbs. Currently, I have my setting set to lose 2lbs per week and the calories I was given was ~2,300. Does that seem like too much?

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    What did you choose as your activity level?
  • GauchoMark
    GauchoMark Posts: 1,804 Member
    nope. For you to maintain 300 lbs is going to be 3k+ calories, so sounds about right.
  • Sheks41191
    Sheks41191 Posts: 90 Member
    I ran your numbers through a tdee calculator and it gave me 2393 for a 500 calorie a day deficit which works out to a pound a week.

  • TriciaFPal
    TriciaFPal Posts: 44 Member
    Try it for 2 really honest weeks and ensure you have the right activity level. Log everything everday and go from there. You may be pleasantly surprised!
  • GauchoMark
    GauchoMark Posts: 1,804 Member
    Sheks41191 wrote: »
    I ran your numbers through a tdee calculator and it gave me 2393 for a 500 calorie a day deficit which works out to a pound a week.

    Depends on which activity level he chose. Light Exercise (1-3 hours/wk of exercise; 1.375 multiplier) gives a TDEE of 3319 calories. 2 lbs/wk target loss would set calories at 2319. Its in the ballpark anyways.
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    It does not sound too high. My husband weighs 60 pounds less than you, has a desk job and still burns 2500-3000 calories without working out. (We are active with our children on evenings and weekends though.)
  • tatefitnesspal
    tatefitnesspal Posts: 2 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    What did you choose as your activity level?

    I work retail but only part time, so I chose lightly active I think. Not the lowest setting but the second lowest.
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