I think that's way too little too! I'm 5'9 and about 60lbs over my "healthy weight". It seems like 1240 is starvation range for my size.
However. I joined the dietbet and MFP told me to lose 2 lbs a week (which won't get me to 4% weight loss in 4 weeks anyway) I need to eat 1240 a day. I do plan to exercise but I can't every day so some days I'm going to have to eat less. Even when I do exercise that's only 200-300 calories at this point.
I may not be able to sign up for this stupid dietbet again lol. But I want my $30 back!
This is exactly what I was assuming. Look, MFP is a great tool, but it has a very specific idea of how we should all eat, some of which I totally disagree with. The app berates me for eating eggs because of cholesterol (which I think we know by now is largely genetic) - eff that noise.
Ditto the TDEE suggestion. iifym.com/tdee-calculator/ is super easy to use, but then you have to do the math of eating a bit less than your TDEE to lose weight. scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ takes a bit more info up-front but then also gives you more to go on. FWIW, I just put my stats into both TDEE calculators and was told that my BMR - aka the amount of calories I need to just stay alive - is about 1400. I then asked MFP what I should eat to lose 2 lb/wk, and it said 1200.
Dietbet aside, I would try tracking a normal day of eating for you first to see what you've been doing lately, then decide what to adjust. There are some pretty knowledgable people on H&F if you want additional input!
Ditto this. MFP tells me to eat 1,470 calories per day to lose 0.5 pounds per week. From the experience of a year of losing weight, I actually lose 1.5 pounds per week if I net(!) 1,470 calories, so MFP way underestimated my calorie requirements. **This is my situation, note that this is only my experience**.
Yes, definitely. It looks like most days I eat around 200 cals of veggies -- they are nearly my entire source of carbohydrates as well, which I also track.
I eat 1800 calories though so I have much more room than to fit them into my calorie budget.
I think that's way too little too! I'm 5'9 and about 60lbs over my "healthy weight". It seems like 1240 is starvation range for my size.
However. I joined the dietbet and MFP told me to lose 2 lbs a week (which won't get me to 4% weight loss in 4 weeks anyway) I need to eat 1240 a day. I do plan to exercise but I can't every day so some days I'm going to have to eat less. Even when I do exercise that's only 200-300 calories at this point.
I may not be able to sign up for this stupid dietbet again lol. But I want my $30 back!
This is exactly what I was assuming. Look, MFP is a great tool, but it has a very specific idea of how we should all eat, some of which I totally disagree with. The app berates me for eating eggs because of cholesterol (which I think we know by now is largely genetic) - eff that noise.
Ditto the TDEE suggestion. iifym.com/tdee-calculator/ is super easy to use, but then you have to do the math of eating a bit less than your TDEE to lose weight. scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ takes a bit more info up-front but then also gives you more to go on. FWIW, I just put my stats into both TDEE calculators and was told that my BMR - aka the amount of calories I need to just stay alive - is about 1400. I then asked MFP what I should eat to lose 2 lb/wk, and it said 1200.
Dietbet aside, I would try tracking a normal day of eating for you first to see what you've been doing lately, then decide what to adjust. There are some pretty knowledgable people on H&F if you want additional input!
Thanks, this makes sense. I'll have to figure it out.
I mean, I think it makes no sense that you and I should have to eat about the same amount of calories to lose the same amount of weight, right? You're a normal weight/slender and I'm... not. It takes more calories just to keep a body my size alive.
Thanks, this makes sense. I'll have to figure it out.
I mean, I think it makes no sense that you and I should have to eat about the same amount of calories to lose the same amount of weight, right? You're a normal weight/slender and I'm... not. It takes more calories just to keep a body my size alive.
Haha, I also do a ton of exercise and put that into the TDEE calculators, so I might actually need more calories than you do. But the point is that it's not as simple as "eat starvation rations to lose 2 pounds per week," and that advice actually doesn't really work anyway.