MFP gave me a questionable calorie allowance!
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Capyboppy2017 wrote: »Lillymoo01 wrote: »
Not true! I've just put in 1000 calories and its accepted it.
That wasn't MFP giving you a goal. That was you giving you a goal.
This ^^ and WHY would you want to underfuel your body so much? Health problems will be in your future.
For an example, a 30 pound dog needs 800 calories. A four year old human needs 1000-1400 per day.
I hope you're just yanking our chain.10 -
Hmm when I run with your stats (unless I am missing something) and lightly active, it gives me 1480 calories as a daily goal. Not that it's a huge difference from 1400, but you'll appreciate those extra 80 calories some days
You are absolutely right, I just rounded down the number when I posted it! 2 -
It gave me 1100 calories - I'm happy with that
Unless you are very very short AND sedentary, this is unnecessarily low, and can be counterproductive, and MFP doesn't go that low.
See https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/1200-calorie-diet/9 -
kshama2001 wrote: »It gave me 1100 calories - I'm happy with that
Unless you are very very short AND sedentary, this is unnecessarily low, and can be counterproductive, and MFP doesn't go that low.
See https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/1200-calorie-diet/
Funny how we are her on MFP arguing against 1200 calories, and the link states
"Popular diet apps like MyFitnessPal constantly suggesting “1200 calories” as the ideal daily calorie intake for a wide range of the women who use it."
I like that site, but he does sometimes miss the boat.7 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »It gave me 1100 calories - I'm happy with that
Unless you are very very short AND sedentary, this is unnecessarily low, and can be counterproductive, and MFP doesn't go that low.
See https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/1200-calorie-diet/
Funny how we are her on MFP arguing against 1200 calories, and the link states
"Popular diet apps like MyFitnessPal constantly suggesting “1200 calories” as the ideal daily calorie intake for a wide range of the women who use it."
I like that site, but he does sometimes miss the boat.
But it's true . . . because of the women who constant pick 'sedentary' and '2 pounds per week,' rational or not.
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OP, have you gone into your settings and chosen a lower weight loss goal?
i'm shorter than you and picked sendentary but i chose lose a half pound a week. that gives me 1,460 daily calories before exercise. in 2014 and 2015 when i chose lose 2 pounds per week, it gave me 1,200 calories per day. i like 1,460 a lot better. i've been exercising, so i get around 200 or more calories additional per day. i like 1,600ish even better.1
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