anthropolyte

Excellently summed up, and my thanks! I'll stick with what MFP is recommending then. Cheers for the help :)

Oh and for reference, I am doing exercise - I'm just trying to get a good calorie goal to aim for when I'm not exercising. I'll eat back the calories burned on days that I do.

Regarding the 2050 value, I read elsewhere that I should aim for somewhere midway between my TDEE and BMR to get my goal calorie limit. Is that calculation wrong?

I specifically set IIFYM to not include exercise, so that's the amount suggested for someone doing nothing exercise related at all. Going by your suggestions for loss based on weight to lose, I'd be in the 0.5-1lb per week bracket, so do you think it's worth cutting back on that?

Thanks for the responses, guys. I've changed my goal to 0.5kg per week, and the calorie allowance is now at 1810 - seems more reasonable, although to be honest I wasn't finding it hard to stick with 1310! Surprised me a lot. I'll have to think of new healthy things to eat to make up the deficit! Regarding what I want to…

Currently I weigh 88.8kg after a week of calorie restriction (I originally weighed 92.5kg). I'm 188cm tall, 35 years old.