MFP decreased my daily calorie goal: now what?

Out of fat, carbs, and protein, fat has the most calories per gram. Fat is 9.4 kcal/g whereas the other two are both 4.1 kcal/g. (kcal is just the 'correct' term to use but they are what we just call regular calories.

So if you want to be able to still eat a lot of food, the best way to do it is avoid a lot of high fat foods in your diets. Actually no fat/low fat items are great bc you don't take in a lot of calorie dense foods, which leaves you many calories to eat of fish, chicken, vegetables, whole grains, and fruit.

I have this super intelligent kinesiology professor this semester who performed a recent study on what substances actually convert to fat in our bodies. They put people on NO fat diets and found out if they didn't eat fat, then they lost a lot of fat. Summarizing now: only fat converts to fat, not just anything you eat in excess.

He also said that the people on the NO fat diets had to actually eat QUITE a lot of food everyday just to reach their average healthy caloric goal.

I'm not saying to give up fat completely bc that is not very healthy, we all need fat for energy storage and other bodily stuff. I'm just saying that by lowering your fat intake and eating other things, ESPECIALLY vegetables (superrrrr good for you to get all the vitamins you need), then you can still eat a good amount of food.

Right now I'm limited to 1200 cal/day on MFP. I thought it would be super hard but after I learned that in class and applied it to my diet, I'm not really hungry during the day and I eat like 5 small meals to keep me satiated throughout.

Also cardio exercising, even just making sure I walk for a bit, sheds some calories do I can eat more.

I know you can do it bc I did it. I lowered my daily caloric intake to a number I thought unfathomable. But once I was informed, I was able to make smart and healthy choices without starving every day. I really hope this helps you bc it changed my way of thinking about food. Good luck

I was just trying to pass on what the newest findings are. My professor has worked with the brightest exercise phys scientists of the nation and often works with NASA and astronauts dealing with skeletal muscle loss up in space and how to maintain healthy bodies. It I didn't want to provide all his credentials...
I was shocked too when I heard of this only fat converting to fat but the studied was done on rats and humans and it all came out the same. I honestly still wouldn't believe it if it hadn't worked for me and my parents also. They followed these guidelines and lost over 70 pounds combined since January.
I've dedicated 4 years to studying this stuff and I'm just trying to help.

If your still losing then don't change a thing regardless of what MFP or anybody else says.