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Calories

areay22
areay22 Posts: 150 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
OK. I just re-entered my settings. It tells me that if I want to loose 1 pound a week, I should be eating 2500 calories!!
Is this too much?

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  • savvystephy
    savvystephy Posts: 4,151 Member
    What is your lifestyle setting? For someone who is on their feet all day vs someone who is sitting at a computer all day have very different calorie values. But, if you are only trying to lose 10 lbs, that does seem like a high number since when I get down to my goal weight my maintaining amount of calories will barely meet 2000.

    Check the weights you entered, etc, something could be off too.
  • Kaileyxoxo
    Kaileyxoxo Posts: 95 Member
    umm it does seem high, are you sure you didnt put gain a pound? but it also depends on your height and weight
  • sournotez
    sournotez Posts: 14
    yeah, that seems really off! most of us are only allowed 1200 calories before exercise. i would check the settings again. i think 2000 calories would be acceptable if you're trying to gain a pound a week. there's no way you could lose a pound a week by eating that much, unless you run marathons on a daily basis. i'm a cross country runner and distance cyclist, and i rarely get up to 2000 net calories.
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