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Question on calorie deficit at 1200

Karihappy
Karihappy Posts: 116 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm a 5'1", 53-year-old woman that currently weighs 147.7, down from 201 since last August. I have MFP set at sedentary, and then I log all exercise and have been eating most of those back. MFP doesn't allow me to go below 1200 a day, and even when I put a modest weight loss of 1/2 pounds per week, it still has me at 1200 for sedentary. Does anyone happen to know what my deficit is at 1/2 pound per week? What would it be at 1 pound per week?
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  • alyssa0061
    alyssa0061 Posts: 652 Member
    Change your settings to maintenance. Subtract 250 calories from that, that's half a pound a week. Subtract 500 calories from that total, that's one pound a week.
  • Karihappy
    Karihappy Posts: 116 Member
    Brilliant! Thanks, Alyssa0061!
  • stephsbuns
    stephsbuns Posts: 4 Member
    I found in the settings you can actually change your calorie intake goal
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