Calories recommended

SummerBaby2011
SummerBaby2011 Posts: 1
edited October 4 in Health and Weight Loss
Is everyone following the recommended calories, or is anyone changing theirs to make it lower? Just wondering.

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  • 0PhAtDaDdY
    0PhAtDaDdY Posts: 569 Member
    I follow the plan to lose 1lb per week...
  • Hayesgang
    Hayesgang Posts: 624
    I follow the MFP allotted calories for 1lb loss per week and I usually do eat most of my "exercise" calories. I do have a "treat" meal every week BUT I do log it.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    While I was losing I had to make the calories much much higher.
  • ratherbeskiing
    ratherbeskiing Posts: 847 Member
    I go with what they recommend. I figure I did what I thought was right and it landed me 80lbs over weight... it is time I trust someone else.
  • Vhovell
    Vhovell Posts: 286
    I followed what MFP gave me until i stayed the same weight for around a month...i've lowered my exercise to twice a week and it's lowered by calories and touch wood i'm loosing again. however i'm finding it harder to get to 1200 now i'm on the slightly lower calories but i think that's phycological!
  • tristalyn5314
    tristalyn5314 Posts: 9
    MFP say I should have close to 1800 I did the custom to 1600 what my nutritionist recommend but I usually eat around 1200 and I do not eat my exercise calories.
  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
    It tells me to eat 2,040 which is quite a lot. I try to get there, but it's hard. You should never net below 1200 calories though!
  • tristalyn5314
    tristalyn5314 Posts: 9
    Yes, if you input an entry under 1200 in to MFP it tells you your putting your body in starvation mode.
  • baisleac
    baisleac Posts: 2,019 Member
    When I was losing, I had to set my calories higher than what MFP recommended.
  • melanie_J
    melanie_J Posts: 136 Member
    I put mine lower, because my doctor recommended 1400 to me. I figured I'd try it her way and if it didn't work I'd try MFP's way. So far her way is working, but I imagine so would MFP's!
  • CashierCantin
    CashierCantin Posts: 206 Member
    I'm using MFP suggestion of 1200 a day. Some days I go over by a little , sometimes I am a little below. I've been losing almost a pound a day since I started!
  • whisperingdragon
    whisperingdragon Posts: 334
    Not really.
  • kimmyj74
    kimmyj74 Posts: 223 Member
    I go with what they recommend. I figure I did what I thought was right and it landed me 80lbs over weight... it is time I trust someone else.

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  • Otrepsi
    Otrepsi Posts: 24 Member
    I started off at 1200 and lost a few pounds slowly, so I bumped it up to 1400. I'm losing quicker now (average 2 lbs a week) on 1400 and the same amount of exercise than I was on 1200. This past week I've been purposely fluctuating between 1200 and 1400 each day just to mix it up a little and it seems to be going well.
  • PlunderBunneh
    PlunderBunneh Posts: 1,705 Member
    I had my resting metabolic rate tested with a nutritionist, and with the results she did the math and recommended that I eat 1300 calories per day. My RMR was 1480, which is pretty low, hence the low calorie recommendation. I eat an additional 200 calories for every 30 minutes of hard workout that I do (anything that gets my heart rate over 145), but max that out at 1700. It's working pretty well for me.
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