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Need help figuring out calories...

LessDeb
LessDeb Posts: 2 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm wondering if someone can help me figure out the correct amount of calories I should be eating. I understand that when you add your workouts into MFP it adjusts your caloric intake for you, however, my problem is the amount of calories I burn.

For example, I try to workout 5 days a week doing activities that burn 500 calories each time. BUT, I also work in a place where I am on my feet, moving (fairly briskly) for six hours a day. I've recently started wearing a pedometer to see how many steps/miles I log and most days end up being 7,000 - 10,000 steps just at work. Therefore I'm burning an additional 300 - 400 calories from that.

My confusion comes in to play at this point. If I add those calories plus my normal daily workout in, MFP tells me I should be eating over 2100 calories a day. I have been eating more calories lately (but not over 2100!) and I'm not losing weight. So I'm wondering what a realistic caloric intake number is for me or the best way to figure it out. Anyone with suggestions?

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  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    I'd log your workouts but not your extra steps. Those are taken into account when you set your activity level.

    And yeah, you could lose at 2000 calories. I did over the summer. My maintenance, without exercise, is about 2250.
  • onehotgirl
    onehotgirl Posts: 120
    http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/calorie-calculator.html


    use this calculator, you can account for activity for every minute of the day, I really like it :)
  • JBorg039
    JBorg039 Posts: 24
    It's hard to tell with so little info, just find an online calculator & follow the number of calories it gives you. I know most calorie calculators online are different & quite innacurate, but I found one a while ago on http://www.fatcuda.com & does a nice job. Apart from giving you the amount of calories, it stores them for you for next time so all you have to do is change your weight.
  • clairelane1982
    clairelane1982 Posts: 185
    As the second post says, adjust your activity level accordingly if your are on your feet all day. MFP will then adjust your calories to include this burn.
  • LessDeb
    LessDeb Posts: 2 Member
    THX OneHotGirl for the link. That's a good site.
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