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Calorie Goals

magster4isu
magster4isu Posts: 632 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
How often do you update your calorie goals? Do you do this everytime you weight yourself or after you lose a certain amount of weight (every 5 lbs, etc)?

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  • dalem14
    dalem14 Posts: 18 Member
    I updated mine after every 5 pound loss.
  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
    I reset every 10-15 pounds or so. At my height/weight that usually translates to about 100 calories. Below that and I figure it's within margin of error for my logging anyway.
  • magster4isu
    magster4isu Posts: 632 Member
    DX2JX2 wrote: »
    I reset every 10-15 pounds or so. At my height/weight that usually translates to about 100 calories. Below that and I figure it's within margin of error for my logging anyway.

    That leads me to another question. What kind of margin of error do you give yourself?
  • amtyrell
    amtyrell Posts: 1,447 Member
    Once a week
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I lost my first 80 lb without resetting my calorie goals at all. The first time I reset my calorie goals, it was an accident and made me sad. I reset the goals on purpose again after a 100 lb loss.
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