1500 Calories for males
stewarm01
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I'm pretty sure this is in the incorrect area for this question, I apologize ahead of time.
MFP will never automatically let me go below 1500 recommended calories per day. I understand that for various reasons.
My question, how can I find out what my true calories should be daily to lose 2lbs per week? Even though all the warnings, etc...
5'9, male, 216 lbs now, I think my BMI is 32, sedentary lifestyle (office), 46 years old.
THANKS
MFP will never automatically let me go below 1500 recommended calories per day. I understand that for various reasons.
My question, how can I find out what my true calories should be daily to lose 2lbs per week? Even though all the warnings, etc...
5'9, male, 216 lbs now, I think my BMI is 32, sedentary lifestyle (office), 46 years old.
THANKS
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I'm pretty sure this is in the incorrect area for this question, I apologize ahead of time.
MFP will never automatically let me go below 1500 recommended calories per day. I understand that for various reasons.
My question, how can I find out what my true calories should be daily to lose 2lbs per week? Even though all the warnings, etc...
5'9, male, 216 lbs now, I think my BMI is 32, sedentary lifestyle (office), 46 years old.
THANKS
Change your sex to female and see what MFP gives you?5 -
Pick a calorie goal based on your best guess from calculators. Log as accurate as you can. Hit that number consistently. Revise based on the results you are seeing over time.4
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Not sure what you mean by "true calories". MFP is advising 1500 to lose 2x weekly, based on your stats. Why are you wanting to go below that and make things harder?4
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Actually, 1500 is pretty close for your age, sedentary, height and weight to drop 20 pounds by this time in December.
I think it has you at 1.4-1.5 pounds/week, which is pretty sustainable.
You could add an hour of walking every day and probably get to the 2#/week range at that metric for calorie consumption.5 -
At your height and weight, I would honestly expect 2 pounds per week at 1500-1600 calories.5
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I'm pretty sure this is in the incorrect area for this question, I apologize ahead of time.
MFP will never automatically let me go below 1500 recommended calories per day. I understand that for various reasons.
My question, how can I find out what my true calories should be daily to lose 2lbs per week? Even though all the warnings, etc...
5'9, male, 216 lbs now, I think my BMI is 32, sedentary lifestyle (office), 46 years old.
THANKS
Calculate your TDEE and delete 1000 calories from it to get your goal for 2 pounds/week. You'll have to decide whether it's healthy or sustainable for you on your own.
Also, if you don't want this on the debate board you can message the mods and ask them to move it. Food and Nutrition or General Diet would both be good choices for 101-style questions.10 -
put in "lose 1 pound per week" and subtract 500 calories off the number it gives you8
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Carlos_421 wrote: »At your height and weight, I would honestly expect 2 pounds per week at 1500-1600 calories.
Agreed.
If you log your calories correctly, I would expect the same.1 -
If you are strictly sedentary it would be below 1500 but at 216 you are really on the line for how safe it is to lose 2lbs per week anyway. You could very well be close to or below that line with some water weight loss that often happens in the first month. At 1500 you should lose about 1.5lbs per week which is going to be safer for you anyway.
As others have said it wouldn't be much of a shock to lose 2lbs per week even at 1600. The best way to tell is to start and establish a trend. The best way to establish a trend is to log correctly. I suggest reading this:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p15 -
Thanks everyone. I found it. It's 1171. Don't know if I will follow it though.14
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I'm similar and have been at 1500 calories for awhile. Been losing 1.5 lbs per week. I have virtually no hunger. I would go with the 1500 calories. I eat back most of my exercise.3
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Bpotts44,
MFP will never automatically go below 1500 for males or 1200 for females. I think you have to do some manual changes.9 -
TDEE - 500 calories is 2 pounds per week. I dont know what "magic" MFP works but it got mine very wrong in the past, giving me too little calories. For example it once suggested I eat 1200 calories a day while I am 68kg of muscle mass...10
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TDEE - 500 calories is 2 pounds per week. I dont know what "magic" MFP works but it got mine very wrong in the past, giving me too little calories. For example it once suggested I eat 1200 calories a day while I am 68kg of muscle mass...
2 pounds a week is a 1000 calorie deficit per day, not 500.
3500 calories = ~ 1 pound
7000 calories = 2 pounds, divided by 7 days per week = 1000 calorie deficit a day9 -
Orion, it's minus 1000.2
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Thanks everyone. I found it. It's 1171. Don't know if I will follow it though.
I'm a cranky hangry *kitten* on 1200 a day. Your mileage may vary. However, given that the deficit you'd have to run to lose 2 pounds a week leave your calories so low, it doesn't sound like an appropriate goal for you in the least.10 -
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Another post by @stewarm01 states he lost 46 pounds in 12 weeks so I don't think OP is concerned with malnutrition or undereating. You are playing with fire dude.17
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