activity level

nitap8
nitap8 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 21 in Health and Weight Loss
can someone help me figure out what activity level i should be at on mfp? i have a desk job and i strength train 5 days a week. i originally put low activity and it gave me 1230 calories but i think that's way too low.. help please!! thanks

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  • MichelleSilverleaf
    MichelleSilverleaf Posts: 2,027 Member
    If you're at 30lbs or less to go, you might want to consider doing as @PAV8888 suggested and set your loss to 1lb a week, or even go down to 0.5lb.
  • misnomer1
    misnomer1 Posts: 646 Member
    edited September 2017
    Best bet is to track daily calorie Intake and weight loss for 6 weeks, and use that data to back calculate maintenance calories.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,129 Member
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  • nitap8
    nitap8 Posts: 3 Member
    edited September 2017
    thanks everyone!, I've been reading a lot of the posts in the community but it still seems a bit confusing to me, I have 50 Lbs to lose, so wasn't so sure if 1200 was a safe place since i lift moderately heavy 5 days a week, and don't want to feel weak, guess I will have to track and see!
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    You do realise that your training (or other purposeful exercise) isn't part of your calorie goal?
    That's why whatever goal your activity setting and rate of loss selected is plus exercise calories.

    The rate of loss selected has a huge impact on the calorie goal you select. Pick a goal that's sustainable.
  • steveko89
    steveko89 Posts: 2,223 Member
    misnomer1 wrote: »
    Best bet is to track daily calorie Intake and weight loss for 6 weeks, and use that data to back calculate maintenance calories.

    ^^^THIS!!!! MFP is a great calorie tracking tool but I'm not a huge fan of the calorie recommendations. Since you're strength training I assume you're looking to preserve muscle and lose as much fat as possible. I read a study a while back that found that a rate of 0.7% weight loss/week was optimal for fat loss and muscle preservation. I tried to find a link to the study but it has eluded my search.

    There's a great spreadsheet for tracking weight and calories and back-calculating your actual TDEE found here under the "Getting Started" section:
    https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/wiki/getting_started

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