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babyblake11
babyblake11 Posts: 1,107 Member
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to all maintainers, how accurate have you found the calories given to you, too little, too much?
share your experiences i am curious :)

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  • ChrisWag
    ChrisWag Posts: 169
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    MFP is pretty accurate surprisingly. It allows me 1500 and I typically stay about 1400-1500. I have used a diff calculation based age, height and weight and it allows me about 1800, I would be a cow LOL.....although maybe that does not let you eat back your workout calories.....so then it would make sense.
    I find that more than calories I have to watch my carbs. And most calculations don't take that into effect.

    I look at it like this.....eat a certain amount, if your gaining, then something isn't right. :)
  • pnieuw
    pnieuw Posts: 473
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    It's been pretty good, though I find if I go over by a little bit for a few days, I don't gain anything. I can eat 2,400 a day, plus I burn another 450 via exercise 5x a week, so most days I eat 2,500 to 2,700 calories. I've been holding within a pound of my end weight for the past 6 weeks.

    So far, so good!
  • jeff261159
    jeff261159 Posts: 385
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    I was given 1750 but have never gone over 1500 as i cant see the point of eating for the sake of it!! Ive managed to stay within 1lb of my goal weight so far!
  • basschick
    basschick Posts: 3,502 Member
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    When I set my calories to maintenance MFP allowed me 1540 calories. This seemed like a big jump up and I questioned whether I would really be able to maintain eating that much. I've stuck to that for 2 months now. Most days I am short of my calorie goal by 10-50 calories and I go over about once every 2 weeks. I have lost 2 additional pounds.
  • potluck965
    potluck965 Posts: 529 Member
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    I would do better of I could stick to the calorie goals everyday, but I am just so hungry sometimes it is hard. I only got an extra 200 calories when I switched to maintenance and after a year of this I find myself wandering off the limits somedays.

    I have a 2 pound gain limit and then I start taking notice more strictly. I actually keep my calorie goal set to weight loss so it will be a little more obvious when I need to get ahold of myself.
  • RobynC79
    RobynC79 Posts: 331 Member
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    Not so accurate for me - I maintain on 1370 - which is what MFP calculates for 1/2 lb loss per week. So I just follow that and it works fine for me in maintenance. The maintenance cals it gives me is 1610, which I haven't tested long term, but is likely too high for me.
  • errbear315
    errbear315 Posts: 8
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    I recently lost 20 pounds and am now trying to maintain that loss. I was told I could eat 1700 if working out steadily, but I tend to hover just below 1400 per day (I work out 5x per week). I am continuing to lose weight, but I'm considering upping my intake to 1500. we shall see ha.
  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
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    When I wanted to maintain it told me to eat about 1800 calories a day. What are your heights/weights? 1800 seems like a lot for maintaining.
  • babyblake11
    babyblake11 Posts: 1,107 Member
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    When I wanted to maintain it told me to eat about 1800 calories a day. What are your heights/weights? 1800 seems like a lot for maintaining.

    im 5'2 and 50 kgs (110lb) and mfp gives me around 1700, so that isnt that high! im so short and i only get 100 cal less than you, keep in mind mfp seems a little low.
    i maintain at around 1900-2000 cals a day (workout 5-6 days a week)
  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
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    I generally eat about 1400-1500 a day. I haven't really noticed a change in weight so far. I set it to gain .5 lb/ week and it told me to eat 2040 calories, which isn't really doable for me. Maintain it is, I guess!
  • jamja
    jamja Posts: 190
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    I've found that I can maintain with calories allowed when I set it to 1/2 lbs weightloss goal.
  • somigliana
    somigliana Posts: 314 Member
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    I found that sedentary maintenance calorie levels were still giving me a slow weightloss, but lightly active + eating exercise calories worked for me.
  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
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    I found that sedentary maintenance calorie levels were still giving me a slow weightloss, but lightly active + eating exercise calories worked for me.
    How many calories are you eating per day? Or how many are they telling you to eat?
  • zoink66
    zoink66 Posts: 116 Member
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    MFP tells me to eat around 1700 per day to maintain, but honestly, I'm not so good about logging my calories any more (though in the last couple of weeks I have tried!). I'm probably usually right around that, and I don't really eat more on the days when I work out vs. days when I don't. I weigh myself every day so I can see it quickly if I go up a pound or two for more than a couple of days, and then I know I need to cut back on calories for a day or two to get back on track. It's been working so far.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    Not so accurate for me - I maintain on 1370 - which is what MFP calculates for 1/2 lb loss per week. So I just follow that and it works fine for me in maintenance. The maintenance cals it gives me is 1610, which I haven't tested long term, but is likely too high for me.

    if you ate more you would probably start losing again.
  • somigliana
    somigliana Posts: 314 Member
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    I found that sedentary maintenance calorie levels were still giving me a slow weightloss, but lightly active + eating exercise calories worked for me.
    How many calories are you eating per day? Or how many are they telling you to eat?

    Hmmm. It was over a year ago but I think my sedentary base calories were in the range of 1750. My lightly active base is between 1800-1900. That's before exercise calories, though, and I have to aim for at least 2200cals average a day if I want to maintain. Any less and I start losing again.

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