Does MFP change your calories as you lose weight?

tiffdaski
tiffdaski Posts: 20 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Hello everyone!

I'm a returnee but never really posted on the boards before - this may be my first post ever! I've been back at MFP since mid-August and down 12lbs already :)

My questions is - will MFP automatically change my calorie goal as I lose weight or will I have to go in and manually enter my new weight and have it recalculate my calories? If I do need to do it manually, at what point/how often should I do it? I imagine I'm still quite a ways from needing to change my calorie intake to continue losing but thought I'd throw the question out there.

I've read most of the stickies on this board and in the "General Weight Loss" board and couldn't seem to find any info on this. If it's there, I'd love some direction in finding it :)

Thanks for reading and (hopefully) replying!

Replies

  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    I never trusted MFP to do that for me. I re-ran the wizard after each 5 lb loss. Each time my calories went down, so, at least the first year I used it, it did not adjust automatically. It may now but I still wouldn't trust it. Re-run the wizard to be safe.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Yeh, what Spliner said. I went to Goals every ten pounds and readjusted. Not sure if it will do it automatically, when I was losing it didn't.
  • tiffdaski
    tiffdaski Posts: 20 Member
    Ok, thanks to you both! Did you change your starting weight to your current weight then?
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    In my profile I did not change my starting weight, otherwise it won't keep track overall of what you've lost since you started. I only change the starting weight in the wizard when I re-calculated calories.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    tiffdaski wrote: »
    Ok, thanks to you both! Did you change your starting weight to your current weight then?

    NO, just go to MY HOME > Goals > view guided setup

    Link:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    It does it every 10 lbs - it asks if you want to.
    The calorie change just isn't that much otherwise.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    Yes, every 10 lbs that you lose, provided you are checking in. That said, if your cals are 1200/day (1500 for a man), it will not lower them anymore, so what will happen is your weight loss will slow slightly (which is a good thing, when you have less to lose)
  • tiffdaski
    tiffdaski Posts: 20 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    tiffdaski wrote: »
    Ok, thanks to you both! Did you change your starting weight to your current weight then?

    NO, just go to MY HOME > Goals > view guided setup

    Link:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

    I went there and just hit "update profile" and my calories did change a bit. Thanks for your help!

    And thanks to everyone else for helping as well :) Happy Thanksgiving weekend to any Canadians!
  • hydechildcare
    hydechildcare Posts: 142 Member
    I didn't realize until this post that mine hadn't changed. 15 pounds down and there is a difference in calories! Good I read this!
  • ZoneFive
    ZoneFive Posts: 570 Member
    MFP has never advised me to change calories, and I went a good 40 lbs. before I changed them myself. I wouldn't wait for a reminder, just run a recalc every 5 to 10 lbs.
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