MyFitnessPal only gives me 1880 calories daily?

terrence_32
terrence_32 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm 5 feet 9, about 155 pounds and it can fluctuate about 2 lbs. But the app only gives me 1880 calories daily and I could surpass that limit pretty easily everyday without cardios. Is this right?
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  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    What are you trying to do? Lose weight?

    The calories given don't include exercise and do include a deficit if you are set to lose weight. You add more calories to account for any exercise you do, including cardio.
  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
    Intentional_Me wrote: »
    I wish I had your problem. I'm not helpful. Just dreaming of how awesome an 1800 calorie day would be :p

    @Intentional_Me WORD GIRL!
  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
    JaydedMiss wrote: »
    Intentional_Me wrote: »
    I wish I had your problem. I'm not helpful. Just dreaming of how awesome an 1800 calorie day would be :p

    This. I get 1200 and have to work my booty off to eat more XD

    Same.
  • Arapacana1
    Arapacana1 Posts: 117 Member
    OP, you don't need to lose any weight. What's your purpose on this app? To maintain your current weight?
  • Dnarules
    Dnarules Posts: 2,081 Member
    johunt615 wrote: »
    Intentional_Me wrote: »
    I wish I had your problem. I'm not helpful. Just dreaming of how awesome an 1800 calorie day would be :p

    What did Queen sing about...."short people got no reason to live" :) I'm in the same boat, I dream of 1880 calories, my maintenance won't even be that much.

    I don't think that was queen.
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    sorry Queen was fat bottom girls!
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    edited November 2016
    terrence_32 wrote: »
    I'm 5 feet 9, about 155 pounds and it can fluctuate about 2 lbs. But the app only gives me 1880 calories daily and I could surpass that limit pretty easily everyday without cardios. Is this right?

    What's your activity level? Are you set to try to lose weight? If so, how much?

    I'm 5'4 and 165 pounds and MFP tells me to eat 1800 cals/day to lose 1 pound/week if I'm "active" (i.e. if I walk about 11,000 steps/day since that's when my FitBit starts giving me positive calorie adjutments.) So, at that activity level, I'd maintain on 2300 cals/day. But if I were sedentary, I'd only maintain on 1750ish.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,242 Member
    terrence_32 wrote: »
    I'm 5 feet 9, about 155 pounds and it can fluctuate about 2 lbs. But the app only gives me 1880 calories daily and I could surpass that limit pretty easily everyday without cardios. Is this right?

    5ft 9" male @ 155lbs?
    Middle of healthy BMI range?
    What are you looking to do on MFP?
    Maintain? Increase muscle mass?

    With the above height/wage/age stats to get your 1880 you've set yourself as sedentary and the app to losing weight?

    This doesn't make much sense.

    More seriously, the closest I can come to 1880 is if you set yourself as active and your goal to lose 2lbs a week. Which would be insane.

    Are you on your feet/moving around less than 35 minutes a day?
    That's what sedentary means.

    Your basic caloric allocation includes an adjustment that should have you losing/gaining as per your stated goals.
    Any cardio is not included in that.
    Deliberate exercise activity is supposed to be entered separately and eaten back in order for you to adjust your weight as per your stated goals.
  • glenelliott5872
    glenelliott5872 Posts: 150 Member
    edited November 2016
    Randy Newman wrote "Short People" in case any one is interested and it is a very funny song
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    I'm 5'8" and currently 162.

    MFP gives me 1860 cals/day w/a goal to lose 1/2# per week based on a sedentary activity level. This corresponds to what I got w/a separate TDEE calculator.

    I've been consistently and gradually losing wt at this level for several months. My TDEE is estimated at 2055 cal/da. I'll raise my cal in take to that when I want to stop losing any more wt.

  • JDixon852019
    JDixon852019 Posts: 312 Member
    avskk wrote: »
    I'm 5'8" and weigh a hundred pounds more than you do; it only gives me 1700. Count your blessings along with your calories!

    I snort laughed at that
  • kcn2bluesky
    kcn2bluesky Posts: 187 Member
    I'm 5'9", 145 lbs, and 53 years old. I maintain at ~1650 calories before exercise (I'm a long distance runner, and I easily burn ~3500 calories just through running each week).

    1880 calories sounds about right to me, assuming you are younger than I am. How much have you lost so far and how much more do you wish to lose?
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,242 Member
    edited November 2016
    kcn2bluesky wrote: »
    I'm 5'9", 145 lbs, and 53 years old. I maintain at ~1650 calories before exercise (I'm a long distance runner, and I easily burn ~3500 calories just through running each week).

    1880 calories sounds about right to me, assuming you are younger than I am. How much have you lost so far and how much more do you wish to lose?

    Did you miss the part where he is a 21 yo MALE?
    His BMR is 1765.
    He is at a NORMAL weight.
    He should not be cutting any more than 20% off of his TDEE assuming that losing weight as opposed to recomposition even makes sense for him!

    ETA: and it sure looks like he's left the room...
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    terrence_32 wrote: »
    I'm 5 feet 9, about 155 pounds and it can fluctuate about 2 lbs. But the app only gives me 1880 calories daily and I could surpass that limit pretty easily everyday without cardios. Is this right?

    Add your exercise on top
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,242 Member
    Sued0nim wrote: »
    terrence_32 wrote: »
    I'm 5 feet 9, about 155 pounds and it can fluctuate about 2 lbs. But the app only gives me 1880 calories daily and I could surpass that limit pretty easily everyday without cardios. Is this right?
    Add your exercise on top

    Morning @Sued0nim! You seem to be up and early and in fine form this morn!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Hey @pav8888 Gotta Get to work, I'm actually running late ...I'm normally awake around 4.30 and I slept in today
  • debrag12
    debrag12 Posts: 1,071 Member
    edited November 2016
    Are you all going for 2 lb loss? I'm 5ft 2in ish and sedentary I get 1360 calories for a 0.5lb loss but my TDEE can be to 3000 calories. I can easily eat at 1800
  • kcn2bluesky
    kcn2bluesky Posts: 187 Member
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    kcn2bluesky wrote: »
    I'm 5'9", 145 lbs, and 53 years old. I maintain at ~1650 calories before exercise (I'm a long distance runner, and I easily burn ~3500 calories just through running each week).

    1880 calories sounds about right to me, assuming you are younger than I am. How much have you lost so far and how much more do you wish to lose?

    Did you miss the part where he is a 21 yo MALE?
    His BMR is 1765.
    He is at a NORMAL weight.
    He should not be cutting any more than 20% off of his TDEE assuming that losing weight as opposed to recomposition even makes sense for him!

    ETA: and it sure looks like he's left the room...

    Whoops! I did entirely miss that this is a male poster, not a female. Thanks for pointing that out! Big difference. To the OP: ignore me lol
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    You can increase calories if you move more...

  • Wiggymommy
    Wiggymommy Posts: 106 Member
    I'm with the other posters. Try 1200 calories. It's possible if you eat clean foods. Lots of fruits and veggies etc
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    Wiggymommy wrote: »
    I'm with the other posters. Try 1200 calories. It's possible if you eat clean foods. Lots of fruits and veggies etc
    The minimum for men is 1500 and plus he is at a healthy weight there is no need to have such an aggressive deficit
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,225 Member
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    Wiggymommy wrote: »
    I'm with the other posters. Try 1200 calories. It's possible if you eat clean foods. Lots of fruits and veggies etc
    The minimum for men is 1500 and plus he is at a healthy weight there is no need to have such an aggressive deficit

    Second this^.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    1250 for me. Livin' la vida hungry.
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