Calorie allowance problem

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IcyOtter1
IcyOtter1 Posts: 10 Member
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If I set my goal to 2 pounds per week, I’m allotted 1200 calories. If I set it to 1 pound per week, I’m allotted 1450 calories. If I set it to 1.5 pounds per week, it puts me right back down to 1200. Shouldn’t there be an allowance in between at about 1325?

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,049 Member
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    Agree with jane.

    IcyOtter you can manually set your own calorie goal at 1325 id you want.

    Goals > Edit

    https://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/my_goals
  • IcyOtter1
    IcyOtter1 Posts: 10 Member
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    cmriverside wrote: »
    Agree with jane.

    IcyOtter you can manually set your own calorie goal at 1325 id you want.

    Goals > Edit

    https://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/my_goals

    That’s what I did. 😊
  • IcyOtter1
    IcyOtter1 Posts: 10 Member
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    Oooo...I get it. whether it’s 1.5 or 2 pounds per week, I’d have to go below 1200 calories, which MFP won’t allow me to do. But that 1 pound a week, it loosened up a bit gives me a bit more.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 9,996 Member
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    IcyOtter1 wrote: »
    Oooo...I get it. whether it’s 1.5 or 2 pounds per week, I’d have to go below 1200 calories, which MFP won’t allow me to do. But that 1 pound a week, it loosened up a bit gives me a bit more.

    Actually, if 1450 is your calorie target for 1 lb a week, 1200 would be the calorie target for 1.5 lbs a week (3500 kcal per lb per week, or 500 kcal per lb per day, so a half pound is 250 kcal per day, 1200 + 250 = 1450).

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