Myfitnesspal is crazy! It says I would gain on 2000 calories a day...
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Tropicoolblonde
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Any idea why? That seems pretty low for weight gain.
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MFP works off the info you give it. If it's wrong, something in the settings may be wrong or else what you think you know and what actually happened aren't quite the same. Recalling food and activity is never very accurate.
Either way, one day is just one day and isn't significant long term.4 -
What did you put as your activity level? Did you include your exercise? Perhaps you have underestimated your activity level. Also, the calculator just uses population statistics...no calculator takes into account differences in BMR, etc...that would be pretty impossible...it's population statistical data that is used in calculations and these numbers are really only meant to give someone a reasonably good starting point...it's not gospel.
ETA: My wife is 5'3" and 42 years old...she has a desk job, but is also an avid runner and lifts...she maintains on roughly 2,300, so it's certainly not impossible that you wouldn't gain on 2,000, but it's a trial and error thing...just adding that with all of the 2,000 calories would be impossible not to gain comments.5 -
What are your stats? Height, weight, activity level? I would gain on 2000 if I didn't exercise, my maintenance is around the 1700 mark sedentary. I'm female 5'5" and 143 pounds with a desk job. I do exercise on top of this to earn some extra cals.
edit: the 2000 cal number is banded around alot (mostly on food packaging) but it makes alot of assumptions, the main one being that you're moderately active.2 -
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2000 resulting in gain sounds normal. I would gain weight on 2000.6 -
^ yep. I'm 5'8 and 136 and would for sure gain on 2,000 calories without exercise to bring my net down!7
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Tropicoolblonde wrote: »Any idea why? That seems pretty low for weight gain.
Because the world works on is, not on seems.13 -
Tropicoolblonde wrote: »Any idea why? That seems pretty low for weight gain.
LOL. I would absolutely gain on that. You probably need to do a little research.
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I'm 5' 11", 160, desk job, but go to the gym daily, and I maintain on about 1900 net.4
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I would totally gain on 2000 a day. I maintain on 1600.3
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I'm guessing that most people get that number stuck in their head as the "ideal" number of calories because we see so often "Based on a 2,000 calorie diet".
But that's just a very general average. Depending on your gender, weight, height, and activity level, it could be much lower or much higher.4 -
I maintain on 1600. On 2000 I would be gaining 3.5lbs per month.2
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I stopped paying attention to the gain estimator after completing my diary...It's told me consistently that I would gain or maintain if I ate 1100 calories a day for the next five weeks...
clearly something is off! 3 -
MFP isn't really telling you that you'll gain weight if you eat 2000 calories per day. It's telling you that the average person of your size and activity level (based on your entries) would gain at 2000 per day. They can only go by averages. Individual results may vary, but if you don't know how much to eat in order to gain, the average is a good place to start.6
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I would for sure gain on 2000 cals per day. What are your stats?3
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5'6" and I would gain if I were sedentary on 2K2
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If I was completely sedentary and never exercised, I would absolutely gain on 2,000. I'm 5'3", 24 year old woman. With my active job, I maintain my current weight on 2,034. When I reach goal, I expect my maintenance to be around 1,800, give or take a little.1
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Sounds right. I'm 5'7", 219lb and I maintain at 1,400 calories. More than that and I gain.1
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Mary_Anastasia wrote: »Sounds right. I'm 5'7", 219lb and I maintain at 1,400 calories. More than that and I gain.
That seems...... unlikely. I'm 5 inches shorter, 100 lbs lighter, and I maintain on 2200. I'm active, but even if I were sedentary, my maintenance cals would be more than 1400.20 -
Mary_Anastasia wrote: »Sounds right. I'm 5'7", 219lb and I maintain at 1,400 calories. More than that and I gain.
You are either netting calories or logging inaccurately if that is the case.9
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