MyFitnessPal lowered my calories?

jakehill92
jakehill92 Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I have been using this app for almost a year and my daily calorie goal has been 1690. I’m nearing my goal weight and wanted to see what kind of deficit I was having at my current weight so I switched the setting from “lose 1.5lbs per week” to “maintain current weight” which tilde me I had a 690 calorie deficit. Problem is when I switched back to “lose 1.5 lbs per week” it now has my goal at 1610 calories! What gives?

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  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,253 Member
    Incidentally, if you're near your goal a 1.5 rate of loss may not be appropriate anymore.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,881 Member
    ceiswyn wrote: »
    Incidentally, if you're near your goal a 1.5 rate of loss may not be appropriate anymore.

    Good point.

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  • jwoolman5
    jwoolman5 Posts: 191 Member
    Did you have a birthday recently? My tracker lowers my budget with each passing year....

    I found it easier to just enter my ideal weight and say I wanted to maintain. That way, the weight loss rate just slows down naturally and no surprises when the goal weight is reached, you're already eating properly to maintain that weight.

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