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How many calories?

hoops1888
hoops1888 Posts: 95 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi Guys

I have been following slimming world for a couple of years and have had some success but feel it’iesfor me and would lrefer to have more control over what I can eat. I would love to lose 1.5lb a week and MyFitnesspnsays 1300 calor ies with sedentary. Does this sound accurate? Feels like not very much to me. Through work I walk 2 miles a day Ok week days

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    How tall are you?

    I would cut your deficit to a pound a week, which will give you 250 more calories.
  • hoops1888
    hoops1888 Posts: 95 Member
    Hi Mali. I’m 5’5 and have about 3.5 stones to lose. I feel like 1lb would be a little slow. On the other hand, cutting calories to 1300 a day is maybe counter productive.
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    edited October 2017
    hoops1888 wrote: »
    Hi Mali. I’m 5’5 and have about 3.5 stones to lose. I feel like 1lb would be a little slow. On the other hand, cutting calories to 1300 a day is maybe counter productive.
    I'd lean toward the counterproductive side.

    Weight loss is a marathon, not a sprint. All you can control is whether or not you are following your plan. If you keep a deficit over time, you'll lose weight over time.
  • gg2007
    gg2007 Posts: 71 Member
    If you walk that much every day then your not sedentary...if you up your activity level MFP should give you more calories to play with :-)
  • hoops1888
    hoops1888 Posts: 95 Member
    Ah ok. That makes sense. I will change from sedentary
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    hoops1888 wrote: »
    Ah ok. That makes sense. I will change from sedentary

    That's not necessarily so. A sedentary job only needs to have 1 of 1 hour bout of sitting each workday.

  • daisyfields79
    daisyfields79 Posts: 69 Member
    If you are having trouble with only 1300 calories a day. I would change the setting to lose half a pound or 1 pound a week and when you get use to that amount of calories, increase to 1 pound or 1.5 pounds a week to lose until you are satisfied. I'm 264 pounds and have 1320 calories a day and sometimes I have to eat junk that's high in calories to get my calories in for the day. I only eat when I'm hungry and a lot of the time I skip breakfast. 3 months ago I woke up with a grumbling stomach, I was so hungry. I honestly never thought this day would come lol. I also find that if I have an active day, 2 days later I'm starving, all day. Good luck.
  • rickiimarieee
    rickiimarieee Posts: 2,212 Member
    hoops1888 wrote: »
    Hi Guys

    I have been following slimming world for a couple of years and have had some success but feel it’iesfor me and would lrefer to have more control over what I can eat. I would love to lose 1.5lb a week and MyFitnesspnsays 1300 calor ies with sedentary. Does this sound accurate? Feels like not very much to me. Through work I walk 2 miles a day Ok week days

    I'm pretty sedentary other than taking care of my kids and cleaning and I'm at 1,200 calories but I feel like for me it's pretty easy to stay at that amount
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