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Goal weight reached, but want to lose more.

Susicue121758
Susicue121758 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Okay, so when I started a couple of months ago, mfp gave me a daily caloric intake of 1280. I have reached my goal weight, but decided I want to lose 5 more pounds. So I entered the information and now mfp gives me a daily caloric intake of 1470. Huh? What's up? More calories to lose 5 more pounds?

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  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Susicue121758 wrote: »
    Okay, so when I started a couple of months ago, mfp gave me a daily caloric intake of 1280. I have reached my goal weight, but decided I want to lose 5 more pounds. So I entered the information and now mfp gives me a daily caloric intake of 1470. Huh? What's up? More calories to lose 5 more pounds?

    Did you change your rate of loss - from 1 lb/week to now 0.5 lb/week? With only 5 lbs to lose that's the rate you should be aiming for anyway.

  • Susicue121758
    Susicue121758 Posts: 3 Member
    no, I kept it at 1 pound per week.
  • Susicue121758
    Susicue121758 Posts: 3 Member
    When I changed it just now to .5 pds per week, it increased my calories to 1700 per week!
  • Blitzia
    Blitzia Posts: 205 Member
    At some point did you accidentally change your activity level? Very active people will have a higher calorie goal than if you're set to sendentary.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    edited July 2017
    You can always just change it back to 1280 if that's what works for you.
  • rmgnow
    rmgnow Posts: 375 Member
    Mfp probably gave you a less aggressive way to get there
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