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Maintaining a low weight

BrianneKinney
BrianneKinney Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
I am 5'3" and 93 lbs. MFP suggests 1430 calories to maintain this weight although I have been eating 1550 and maintained. Do you think 1600 calories a day will make me gain?

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    You are underweight, eat more.
  • H_Ock12
    H_Ock12 Posts: 1,152 Member
    Are you active? You could be burning more calories than you realize. If you're looking to gain, set MFP to 'gain one pound per week', eat your exercise calories back, and see where that puts you in a month.
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    If you are maintaining at 1550, adding 50 calories daily will cause you to gain a pound in 17 days.
  • MsBuzzkillington
    MsBuzzkillington Posts: 171 Member
    MFP is only a rough estimate of what you're burning and what you need to maintain. Figuring out maintenance calories is a bit of a experiment to see what works. Slowly up your calories and after a few weeks note the change and go from there.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Chieflrg wrote: »
    If you are maintaining at 1550, adding 50 calories daily will cause you to gain a pound in 17 days.

    50 cals a day surplus will mean a gain of a pound in 70 days not 17 !!!

  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    sijomial wrote: »
    Chieflrg wrote: »
    If you are maintaining at 1550, adding 50 calories daily will cause you to gain a pound in 17 days.

    50 cals a day surplus will mean a gain of a pound in 70 days not 17 !!!

    Correct, unfortunately my voice text believes 17=70 with my mumbles.
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