New to MFP and have a question...

JDiz13
JDiz13 Posts: 2
in Health and Weight Loss
Straight to the facts: My BMR is 1,388. Calories burned through exercise today = 777. Total calories burned = 2165. MFP calculated net calories to consume at 1,977. How am I supposed to lose weight with a net calorie deficit of only 188/day?? Over the course of the week that is only 1316. My goals are set at 1.5 lbs per week. I guess I don't really get the fact that the number of calories I burn are added to how much I can eat. Am I doing something wrong or missing something?? I still feel like I need to keep my calories consumed at or around 1,500, while continuing to burn 700+ calories just in exercise. Thanks for any help!

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  • JDiz13
    JDiz13 Posts: 2
    bump? What am I missing about this concept?
  • ruthechesney
    ruthechesney Posts: 34 Member
    If you are not in agreement with the number of calories, you can change them under settings to what you think they should be. You need to consume at least 1200 per day to keep your body from going into starvation mode.
  • tmauck4472
    tmauck4472 Posts: 1,785 Member
    Ignore the starvation mode comments :explode: You don't live in a 3rd world country so it does not come into play for you. Christ I've been haveing between 6 and 800 calories a day for over two months and no starvation mode here. What they mean is stay above 1200 to keep your body fueled to help with energy and to keep from plateauing. Although I've not had a problem with either so..... Some people believe you should eat your exercise calories back and some don't.

    I think you just need to find something that works for you and do it and the only way to do that is trial and error. You need to give each change at least two weeks to start working (some will say longer, but I don't think so). Here's what I do.....if I feel hungry I will eat some of my exercise calories back. If I'm not hungry then I don't eat them back. I think your defeating the purpose of exercise to eat the calories burned back, but that 's just me.

    Everyone is different and what works for me may or may not work for you, and vise versa. We all have very and I mean VERY strong feelings on how to do this based on our own success and failure. The big thing is find a calorie goal that works for you so your not hungry or you could fail just because you get tired of being hungry all the time. Decide how much you want to lose a week. Yes slower is better and eating healthy is even better. But it's your decision. Take what you read here and incorporate it into something you can live with. On here everyone's an expert and no one has a degree to show for it.

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