Wait a second - MFP calculated WHAT?

rprussell2004
rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all -

I'm 35 lbs down and very happy. In fact, since starting this thing in january, I decided to reclassify myself from "Sedentary" to "lightly active."

So I did so in my settings - and after applying the changes, my daily "allowed" calories went DOWN. Only by 50/day, but they went DOWN.

Wouldn't being "lightly active" indicate a higher calorie burn than "sedentary?"

Can someone 'splain why it's being more restrictive on my newly more active self?

R

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  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 Member
    Did you happen to change your chosen rate of weight loss at the same time? Were you down a bit from your last update so you were due for a decrease (ie at 9 of 10lbs lost before you'd get prompted to update your settings?) in which case you're seeing a decrease but not as much as it would have been without the extra activity setting
  • yentess
    yentess Posts: 167 Member
    It might have recalculated the calories you burn at your new weight, because you are right changing to a more active lifestyle should give you more not less. Did you change your weeky weight loss goal?
  • rprussell2004
    rprussell2004 Posts: 870 Member
    Oh - interesting point.

    I am almost CERTAINLY lower now than I was the last time I recalculated - at least 5lbs and maybe as much as 10-15. I forget when it recalculated last, but my current weight goal remained at 214, just to get out of the WHO's "obese" zone.

    I kept the same weekly goal too - 2 lbs/week, staying aggressive for a bit yet.
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