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cnjg6677
cnjg6677 Posts: 177 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I’m up 6.2 pounds in 3 months can anyone tell me how many calories a day or week that I’m eating over my calories
Thank you

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  • jdog022
    jdog022 Posts: 693 Member
    edited November 2018
    About 233 calories over maintenance per day. Probably a little more to account for TEF so I’d round to 250

    Math check- 6 pounds x 3500 cal is 21000/ 90 days. Used round numbers as the decimals couldn’t be that accurate
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,103 Member
    6.2 lbs X 3500 kcal = 21,700 calories above maintenance
    21,700 ÷ 13* = 1669 calories per week above maintenance

    1669 ÷ 7 = 238 calories above maintenance every day.

    I'm not sure whether by "my calories" you mean your maintenance level or some daily calorie goal set for loss or gain, but in any case, with the information you've provided, this is all I can tell you.


    *There are 13 weeks in three months, as there are 52 weeks in a year.
  • cnjg6677
    cnjg6677 Posts: 177 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    6.2 lbs X 3500 kcal = 21,700 calories above maintenance
    21,700 ÷ 13* = 1669 calories per week above maintenance

    1669 ÷ 7 = 238 calories above maintenance every day.

    I'm not sure whether by "my calories" you mean your maintenance level or some daily calorie goal set for loss or gain, but in any case, with the information you've provided, this is all I can tell you.


    *There are 13 weeks in three months, as there are 52 weeks in a year.

    Thank you so much I’m not really sure what my maintenance calories are Mfp gives me 1200 to lose and maintain weight I am 41 4:11 and 90 pounds with a desk job I was eating 1173 calories a day and was losing 1/2 pound a week so I bumped it up to 1300 calories a day and I jumped up 6.2 pounds in 3 months so I guess I’ll go back to 1200 calories a day
  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    SoozeE512 wrote: »
    If I'm understanding correctly that you're 4'11", then 90 lbs makes you underweight and you should NOT be aiming to lose more. Gaining 6.2 lbs to get to 96.2 lbs would be a healthier weight for you. Working to maintain at 96 lbs would be a healthier goal.

    If I am reading it correctly, she isn't trying to lose weight, just work out how much she has to eat to maintain weight.
  • SoozeE512
    SoozeE512 Posts: 439 Member
    Even if the OP is trying to maintain 90 lbs, it's still not a healthy weight for that height. Gaining a few lbs would be a good thing in this case.
  • cnjg6677
    cnjg6677 Posts: 177 Member
    Yep
    Lillymoo01 wrote: »
    SoozeE512 wrote: »
    If I'm understanding correctly that you're 4'11", then 90 lbs makes you underweight and you should NOT be aiming to lose more. Gaining 6.2 lbs to get to 96.2 lbs would be a healthier weight for you. Working to maintain at 96 lbs would be a healthier goal.

    If I am reading it correctly, she isn't trying to lose weight, just work out how much she has to eat to maintain


    Yes this is correct just needed help with the math
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,103 Member
    cnjg6677 wrote: »
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    6.2 lbs X 3500 kcal = 21,700 calories above maintenance
    21,700 ÷ 13* = 1669 calories per week above maintenance

    1669 ÷ 7 = 238 calories above maintenance every day.

    I'm not sure whether by "my calories" you mean your maintenance level or some daily calorie goal set for loss or gain, but in any case, with the information you've provided, this is all I can tell you.


    *There are 13 weeks in three months, as there are 52 weeks in a year.

    Thank you so much I’m not really sure what my maintenance calories are Mfp gives me 1200 to lose and maintain weight I am 41 4:11 and 90 pounds with a desk job I was eating 1173 calories a day and was losing 1/2 pound a week so I bumped it up to 1300 calories a day and I jumped up 6.2 pounds in 3 months so I guess I’ll go back to 1200 calories a day

    The difference in calorie intake between when you were losing a half pound a week and when you've been gaining about half a pound a week is not large enough to account for that swing. Either changes in body mass are getting lost in the noise of water weight fluctuation and the fluctuation in your digestive tract contents (a weight trend app might help you if that's what's going on) or your activity level has changed and you're not accounting for it accurately. Or you're not tracking your calories accurately -- usually I would expect those kinds of errors to average out, but maybe you added some foods you don't bother to weigh when you shifted your goal to 1300?
  • cnjg6677
    cnjg6677 Posts: 177 Member
    Thanks for all the replies I’ll just have to keep working out the calorie numbers and see what happens
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    Has your weight been increasing this entire time or did it suddenly jump?
  • cnjg6677
    cnjg6677 Posts: 177 Member
    It’s been increasing over time
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