The "Olivia Method" - the cool new way to set up your MFP go

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  • StevLL
    StevLL Posts: 921 Member
    I've been doing something similar for a few months and it seems to work for me. I didn't want to worry about eating back excercise calories, so I used my future goal weight BMR (2118) x 1.375 to get my daily calories intake which was 2859. I took 509 off of that for a 1lb per week loss (plus I like round numbers) and I work towards eating 2350 everyday whether I workout or not. I use the Net calories to track how well I'm doing on workout days. So far it's worked for me. I didn't know it was a particular method, I was looking for simple and it seemed like the best way. Less worry and work this way for sure!
  • 1grammie
    1grammie Posts: 163
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  • shydaisi
    shydaisi Posts: 788 Member
    how do I figure out what my maintenance calories would be?

    Go to the goals section of your "my home" tab and update your goal to "maintenance" instead of losing 0.5 (or 1 or 2) pounds.
  • Getting_Fit_4_Life
    Getting_Fit_4_Life Posts: 401 Member
    Thanks. Bump for later read :)
  • mytime60
    mytime60 Posts: 176 Member
    Bump. Want to look at this closer tomorrow. Thanks for posting.
  • Lindz2323
    Lindz2323 Posts: 261 Member
    Bump! I'll read this later =)
  • tuskegee4
    tuskegee4 Posts: 110 Member
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  • Armygirl67
    Armygirl67 Posts: 177 Member
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  • tickletickle
    tickletickle Posts: 147
    Awesome i have just hit a plateau & now i Have put settings in place and going to give it a go!! thanks
  • jtsmith34
    jtsmith34 Posts: 54 Member
    I'm in a plateau right now also, so I'm going to try it out and see if it helps. Let me know if I did this right.
    I'm lightly active, looking to lose 2 lbs a week.
    My BMR is 1,582
    I weigh 185.
    I set my calorie goal to 2,050.
    I need to have a deficit of over 500 calories a day to see a difference.
    I'm a right?
  • Jade_Butterfly
    Jade_Butterfly Posts: 2,963 Member
    bump!
  • Heather_GodsWonderWoman
    Heather_GodsWonderWoman Posts: 70
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  • kndlkai1
    kndlkai1 Posts: 103 Member
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  • keeponkickin
    keeponkickin Posts: 1,520 Member
    Awesome! Bump
  • Saffyra
    Saffyra Posts: 607 Member
    bump for when it stops working the way I'm doing it now :)
  • imcountingcalories
    imcountingcalories Posts: 53 Member
    Bump...for later :wink:
  • melbaby925
    melbaby925 Posts: 613
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  • frenchprairiegirl
    frenchprairiegirl Posts: 173 Member
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  • beefball85
    beefball85 Posts: 5
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  • tbranch3634
    tbranch3634 Posts: 32
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  • Lesliecs
    Lesliecs Posts: 930 Member
    Want to try this.....need to figure it out later.
  • december8teen
    december8teen Posts: 107
    Bumpity bump!
  • Lemonaiding
    Lemonaiding Posts: 78 Member
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  • turnerjh
    turnerjh Posts: 17
    I want to make sure I understand this and have a question. My BMR is 1247 and my maintenance calories according to MFP sedentary (sit at work most all the time) is 1560. If I burn more than 687, I need to eat back calories. I set my calorie goal to 1560 and make sure to eat at least 1247 each day.

    Where I am getting confused is thinking about net calories and maybe this is just a difference in this method versus how MFP is set up. I think setting it up this way, I will likely very often be under 1200 net. For example, I did a short run today and burned 300 calories. If I eat 1300 calories today, my deficit will be 560 but my net calories will only be 1000.

    I guess I am just concerned because ever since I have been on MFP, I keep reading to never let your net calories be under 1200 or else be hit with the dreaded starvation mode. Can anyone clarify this?
  • Kriszti29
    Kriszti29 Posts: 32
    Bumpty-bump-bump....
  • kent4j
    kent4j Posts: 391 Member
    Bump,To read later.
  • anotheryearolder
    anotheryearolder Posts: 385 Member
    ............and bump
  • princessjarvis
    princessjarvis Posts: 97
    Has Anyone tried this?? And did it work??
  • shydaisi
    shydaisi Posts: 788 Member
    I want to make sure I understand this and have a question. My BMR is 1247 and my maintenance calories according to MFP sedentary (sit at work most all the time) is 1560. If I burn more than 687, I need to eat back calories. I set my calorie goal to 1560 and make sure to eat at least 1247 each day.

    Where I am getting confused is thinking about net calories and maybe this is just a difference in this method versus how MFP is set up. I think setting it up this way, I will likely very often be under 1200 net. For example, I did a short run today and burned 300 calories. If I eat 1300 calories today, my deficit will be 560 but my net calories will only be 1000.

    I guess I am just concerned because ever since I have been on MFP, I keep reading to never let your net calories be under 1200 or else be hit with the dreaded starvation mode. Can anyone clarify this?

    I *think* you are supposed to be okay because you are eating at least your BMR and you aren't letting your deficit be more than 1000 calories. Maybe someone else will speak up about this? Consider posting this question in the group "Olivia Method" so it isn't lost in this 448 post thread...
  • Stormyyy
    Stormyyy Posts: 247 Member
    Bump for later reading
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