Calorie Intake

How do I know that what mfp set for me is enough?

Honestly I went to my doctor and another website that calculated by caloric intake per day and found them to be reasonably close. Thats if you do not lie about your weight, height, and if you are active or not.

Good luck and feel free to ask me for support or questions!!!

I'm 5'1" and female, about 142lb (although that's dropping fast now, thankfully). I have mine set to 1200 as a baseline, and then eat back SOME of my exercise up to 1500. My exercise is tracked through fitbit, so usually it says I can eat 2000, though I only eat 1500. I have about a 800 calorie deficit per day.

Basically if you're not starving all the time, but not full, not tired, but not sugar-high, and not feeling faint or fatigued but maybe not able to push yourself QUITE as hard as you could before in your workouts, you're in a good place. Everyone is different, you need to find that number on your own (or with a doctor)!

ANY calculation will give you a very rough estimate, at best. Track your progress and adjust as necessary.

I asked my doctor what the lowest calorie intake per day I could do and she told me 1200. When I signed up here and put in my info I got the same number.

Try 1700 ( that's about 25% lower than your tdee ) for a month and check progress, adjust if needed.