MFP Calorie recommendation vs what you do

I go by MFP calorie recommendations because it's the same as what I've calculated using other methods. The only macro I don't go with is protein, I haven't figured out how to change it, but I eat waaaayyy more protein than it recommends here.

They gave me 1200 calories and I stick pretty close to it. If I workout and I feel hungry I eat more. I don't eat all my calories back. It's been working for me so far. I think you have to figure it out for yourself. You don't want to eat too few calories where you feel tired or weak or irritated. That's never fun. Eat healthy meals and snacks when you're hungry.

I figured out my own caloric needs, and went into "Goals" and selected "Custom", and put in my own.

I got a Body Media Fit on Monday and it gave me almost 500 calories more a day than MFP, and I've noticed my weight going down a lot more quickly. I think MFP has a tendency to shoot too low.

Wow sorry for all the typos... Still getting used to my new phone. I also use an hrm and eat back most of my exercise.cals and.dink at least nine glasses of water a day... I dont count fruit or any other drinks or anything toward my water :-) and drink more the days i workout. I also add more cals if my son nurses one day, and i base it on how often he ate that day. :-) good luck it was hatd to be patient and figure out my exact numbers but.its been so worth it!!

You can't change them on the app, you have to go to the website. Go to my home, goals, change goals, custom.. Theres where you can change your goals for carbs, protein, fat, etc.

MFP gave me 1200. It was too low for me and made me feel ill.

I am now eating at 1600.

I was using another site long before I joined MFP. That other site had me at 1200-1300 calories, which I was used to. When I joined MFP, it gave me the same figure, so I carried on.

After reading the forums a lot, I realised that I probably wasn't being the healthiest I could be, and whilst I wasn't starving myself and was netting as I was supposed to, I wanted to be sure I was fuelling my body properly, so I did the sums myself and I'm now on 1626. I haven't seen any changes in my rate of loss, but I've got much more defined muscle now. My stomach looks rounder and fatter, but underneath it I can feel solid muscle, and my legs are looking much slimmer and more defined. On top of that, of course I feel more healthy and energetic, it's even easier to follow because I feel like I'm eating CONSTANTLY, and it's giving me the health I need to get out and work on my fitness.

My health has always been my priority, and weight is just a measurement of that, so I'm glad I checked my numbers again and made the changes.

I go by MFP calorie recommendations because it's the same as what I've calculated using other methods. The only macro I don't go with is protein, I haven't figured out how to change it, but I eat waaaayyy more protein than it recommends here.

if you go to "my home" and click on goals, then choose "change goals" and then "custom" you can change everything :-)

I was at 1240 calories and was always hungry.. I felt like I never ate enough, and was stressed about going over. I upped my activity level, and changed my goal to 1lb a week. Now, my calories are 1840! I started dropping weight again, and I feel so much better.
It's not MFP, it's user error.

My doctor gave me a calorie range of 1000-1300 calories daily. I really try to stick to it, and when I have exercise calories to use I only eat if I'm hungry.

i was at 1936 calories with mfp. i didn't lose anything. so i started to do zigzag calories .. still wasn't really losing i was not counting veggies and fruits.. and was still eating lots of meat. I cut down the meat, incorporated hummus (homemade) counted veggies and fruits and cut down eating nuts every day to every other day. now im steady losing. a pound. which is good enough for men my weekly average a day is 1700 calories.

To those who changed their numbers can I ask what methods you used to change your number? I also think my MFP recommendation is on the low side.

I use the calories recommended for fat loss as my base and if I exercise I usually eat about 2/3 of my exercise calories back. Sometimes all of them. At the end of the day I'm still in a deficit compared to the maintenance calories. But I'm not on a journey to losing much weight right now. I'm happy to maintain with 3 lbs above or below target weight. So please don't copy my ways 100 % .... We all need to find out how our own bodies work and we're all individuals. You can apply basic principles, but you can't really copy somebody else's ways.

MFP gave me around 1300 calories to net, i thought this was to low for me, ( im 5ft 8 ) so i decided to up it to my BMR which was 1500, so i at least net 1500 and i also eat my workout calories which i go to the gym 4 days a week and zumba once a week, i can honestly say that its working perfectly for me, never hungry, steadily losing 1lb a week with a few glasses of wine at the weekend and losing lots of inches and my body shape is changing, but this is due to the intensive gym sessions i do including cardio and weight machines, i will carry on this way as long as it works for me.