Calories

ckk1111
ckk1111 Posts: 1 Member
edited June 30 in Introduce Yourself
Hi every one just joined and looking to lose around 2 stone ,,, I’ve been given 1,200 calories per day ,, may I ask what people usually lose in a week sticking to calories been designated to them thanks and good luck to everyone

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  • goal06082021
    goal06082021 Posts: 2,130 Member
    edited June 2021
    How tall are you, and did you put that you wanted to lose 1kg/2lb per week in the guided setup?

    1200 is the minimum it will recommend for a female. Most people can, and should, eat more than that if they're trying to lose weight - 1200 is appropriate for old short sedentary ladies with five pounds to lose, and at least 2 of those things don't describe your situation - you don't mention how much you exercise if at all, but even so, if you're not menopausal and over 5'4", you can definitely eat more and still lose.

    2 stone is really not very much at all. Redo the guided setup and tell it you want to lose 0.5 or even 0.25kg (1 lb or 0.5 lb) per week instead - if you try to speedrun it you're going to gain both stone back and they'll probably bring friends next time.

    Weight loss is also not linear; even if you weighed yourself right now, setup your MFP to lose 0.5kg per week, stuck to your budget religiously (weigh and log accurately every gram of food that passes your lips, eat exactly your allotment of calories), and weighed again at exactly this time next Tuesday under the exact same circumstances (same amount of clothing, same scale in the same place, same time since last eating/drinking/using the toilet), you may not see a loss of exactly 0.5kg on the scale from one week to the next, because of a thousand factors out of your direct control. I, and many other people with ovaries, tend to see little to no downward movement for a week or two, maybe even a slight uptick the next, followed by a "whoosh" loss of 2-3 lbs the following week, in the course of a month. (This is also why the "if every day were like today..." message you get when you close the diary is bunk - there's so much more that made today like today beyond what you ate and how much you moved that you cannot count on that estimate for anything.)
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,808 Member
    I lost at 1lb a week because I picked the option to lose at 1lb a week.

    What are the suggested calories if you also pick 1lb / week?

    (Also remember that it's goal calories plus you eat back calories burned in purposeful exercise on top of that.)
  • capavenger81
    capavenger81 Posts: 107 Member
    Hey there looking to drop as much body fat as possible
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