calories

thedodgeruk · May 2012

im 5 9 , 78 kg male

i put in my info and it says i should only eat 1200 a day , i know i can do this but i never seam to loose weight
been putting on weight latley cause of uni work

but would this number seam about right the 1200
when i do go to the gym , i do weights and about 30 mins cardio about 4 - 5 days a week

SorrowsTengo · May 2012

If your logging your foods and exercise it should log those calories burned back into the calories your allowed....giveing you more calories each day. I say if you go to the gym you need to consume more as you are burning more.....:) good luck

Captain_Tightpants · May 2012

No, seems too low to me. Especially for a guy of your height and weight.

I calculate your BMR as approx. 1850 (using Harris Benedict and guessing at your age from your photo as mid 20's).

This would put your sedentary TDEE at somewhere around 2200 cals per day.

For nice steady weight loss, knock about 20% off TDEE. That comes to about 1700 a day.

Put simply, eat about 1700 cals per day, and eat at least half of your exercise cals back. You should be good from there. Hope that helps.

taso42 · May 2012

There must be some mistake. There's no way a grown man should be eating 1200 calories a day.

IndyInk · May 2012

This helps a lot of people with the calorie thing: http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/

Edit: apologies that I didn't put this into context. Visit helloitsdan (he has a profile on here) and his page will tell you how to use the formulas.

BaconMD · May 2012

Did you enter your weight as 78lbs, maybe?

Justjoshin · May 2012

Try entering your weight at 172lbs?

Amandanoralynn · May 2012

On My Perfect Weight book this is the guideline it says: Weight for man 130-1,800 calories, 140-2,000 calories, 150wt.-2,100 calories, 160wt.-2,200 calories, 170-2,400 calories, 180-2,500 calories, 190 2,700 cal, 200-2,800 calories.
So if your goal is to be at the weigh 190 you should consume 2,700 calories to get there.
This is just another example.
Not my rule of gold....:)
Best of luck to you!

thedodgeruk · May 2012

double checked my weight input and was ok
says if i want to maintain it will be 2,100 Calories a day

and the photo is about 2 years old i think , but i am 38 years old, could that be the reason , cause older people need less

megsmom2 · May 2012

38 is hardly "older". I think you may have input too high a loss per week amount. Stick with only a pound to a pound and shalt per week. 1200 calories is no where near enough for you.

taso42 · May 2012

That sounds more reasonable, if not still a little low. For comparison, I'm 36, a bit smaller than you - 5'7", and about 157 lbs, and I need 2300 to maintain. Only off by 200 so at least it's in the ballpark.

I would take no more than a 500 cal/day deficit, so that would put you at 1600 + exercise calories.

vim_n_vigor · May 2012

5'4'' female eating 1700 calories a day. 1200 is too low for you.

Jorra · May 2012

Go back to your settings. Do NOT put your goal as losing 2lbs/week. That is far too much. Change it to 1lb/week or less. Log your exercise and eat the calories earned from them.

Please check out some topics in the Unofficial MFP FAQ for information on how MFP works and how to provide yourself with adequate nutrition.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/474-unofficial-mfp-faq

Specifically look at:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/390211-why-don-t-i-lose-weight-as-quickly-as-mfp-says-i-should
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/424963-how-many-lbs-a-week-should-i-try-to-lose
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/390145-should-i-eat-my-exercise-calories

RestartThisRight · May 2012

dont use mfp for that use this to find ur fat %:
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/mbf/

then use this for goal weight:
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/ibw/

Then this for calories:
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

much more accurate than mfp!

taso42 · May 2012

dont use mfp for that use this to find ur fat %:
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/mbf/

then use this for goal weight:
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/ibw/

Then this for calories:
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

much more accurate than mfp!

The 2nd two links seem sound, but finding body fat percentage with a tape measure is extremely inaccurate.

RestartThisRight · May 2012

there is another bf% calc on tht site i believe

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