Not losing

At this stage I would look for a better "exercise correction" than what google fit is giving you.

MFP sedentary level includes an allowance for self care activities. Generally we would assume that the first 3-3500 steps you take will already be included in that allowance!

On the face of it getting additional calories for a total of less than 3K steps doesn't make much sense and would usually be an indication of an error somewhere (setup stats or times, integration issue, something else)

That said... think about it: You've eaten 442 Calories today.

The government of Canada thinks that as a male you will GENERALLY SPEAKING expend approximately:

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EER = 662 - (9.53 x age [y]) + PA x { (15.91 x weight [kg]) + (539.6 x height [m]) }

So for me: EER = 662 - (9.53x 54) + (1.48x 1117.9) + (539.6 x 1.7225) = 2731
By experience I will tell you that for me this is within the ball-park, but probably low by 150-200 Calories.

Based on your activity factor as you describe it, (Typical daily living activities such as household tasks and walking to the bus) the equation for you would be:
EER = 662 - (9.53 x age [y]) + 1.0 x { (15.91 x weight [kg]) + (539.6 x height [m]) }

To change that 1.0 into a 1.11 you would need to move up to: (Typical daily living activities PLUS 30-60 minutes of daily moderate activity (ex walking at 5-7km / h)

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/healthy-eating/dietary-reference-intakes/tables.html#rhw

A more automated approach might be found at a TDEE calculator site such as: https://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/

In either case, if you're counting your intake accurately, 1300 Calories for the day would be significantly lower than most of the estimates out there, in terms of what a male should eat in order to not be hungry!

How much protein and fat and fiber and carbs are you getting with your 1300 Cal?

And, as mentioned, none of this matters, as what matters is the interaction of what you do with your weight trend and you can adjust behaviour solely on the basis of that trend once you have sufficient data.

Just as a point of information, I screwed up the brackets above, and the equation comes in at about +400 Cal in my case which means it over-estimates me as opposed to underestimate by the amount I had stated.

In terms of deficit, you are correctly getting that you want your deficit to be off your TDEE.

In general, though, as a male, you don't want your eating calories to be below 1500. If nothing else, you have to account for about 0.8g to 1g of protein per lb of weight within the normal range... so that by itself usually takes care of a good 5 to 600 Cal for most males.

In any case, regardless of the goal you had selected (2lbs a week), your TDEE is not high enough for you to pursue such a goal without dipping below the minimum of 1500 Cal a day for males. As such your goal became 1500, which in your case with a TDEE around 1900 is expected to result in a loss of a bit less than 1lb a week.

Which is actually a fine goal, assuming your TDEE really is at that level!

While I am perfectly willing to believe that your TDEE is higher than 1900, and that's what Google Fit implies with the adjustment, the information you've given about the number of steps you take and the lack of any mention of other exercise activity makes me very hesitant to believe that you're expending calories above the sedentary level!

Your strategy of doing all this and re-evaluation is A1--by far the best and only way to have real answer!

Looking forward to seeing you announce your success!!!

Cheers.

It’s more about diet than exercise. Honestly portions are a big one. Are you weighing food? Doesn’t seem like a big thing I know but it is a more accurate estimate of calories than reading a food label or taking it off the database sometimes those are incorrect. It’s so important when you can’t figure why you aren’t losing it’s usually that my idea of a portion was not the what a actual portion would be. Mine was like 2x the amount ! Lol and reading good label portions before consumption! For example I like love chocolate granola I had a bowl without measuring and it was full 😂 a portion was a 1/3 cup. It ended up being I just ate 1000 calories 😟. Little things can be big things later was my lesson! And personally I never ate back my exercise calories when I could unless it was still very early in day or I was very short on calories or something

don't turn off steps - but if you are getting a calorie adjustment, you might consider whether current activity level you are set at makes sense (are you really sedentary?)

Based on what he had said about his total number of steps not exceeding 3000, that adjustment has to be spurious unless there is other activity not getting captured

MFP sedentary includes the first 3-3500 steps for most people.

I concur on the 1500. I have a hard time figuring out weight gain at under 2k cal for a guy only a tad shorter than me and a lot younger

how are you / google fit measuring steps? i would need to stay at home all day to come in below 3500. a good clip walk can be reasonably assumed to be at 100 steps per min

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Based on what he had said about his total number of steps not exceeding 3000, that adjustment has to be spurious unless there is other activity not getting captured

MFP sedentary includes the first 3-3500 steps for most people.

I concur on the 1500. I have a hard time figuring out weight gain at under 2k cal for a guy only a tad shorter than me and a lot younger

Oops, I missed that. Thanks.