I've recently started using MyFitnessPal, and it's telling me that my TDEE or whatever the thing is is 1600 calories.
Now, I set the goal weight to be 75 kg (I'm currently 95), and my weekly goal is to lose 1 kg per week.
Can somebody please explain to me how this is possible? It's basically the end of the night, and I'm at 1200 calories consumed (I've checked the portions and everything).
Is this thing seriously telling me that if I keep my calorie limit at 1600 a day, I'm going to lose 1 kg a week?
I checked the TDEE calculator thing, and it's tellingme that my maintenance calories is 2657 a day.
Someone please help explain this better to me.
Brayden Watson
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David Adams
>Can somebody please explain to me how this is possible? What do you need explained? >Is this thing seriously telling me that if I keep my calorie limit at 1600 a day, I'm going to lose 1 kg a week? I don't have the numbers but it sounds reasonably, what's the problem?
Henry Harris
it´s simple and you answerend the question yourself. if you wanna remain at 95 kg then you gotta eat those 2657kcal a day. a caloric deficit of 500kcal will give you approximately a weight loss of about 0,5 kg. so a deficit of 1000kcal will give you a loss of 1kg per week, but that can vary from Body to Body. cause everyone i different.
Caleb Walker
I guess I need an explanation as to how not going over 1600 calories a day can magically make me lose 1 kg a week. Aren't I supposed to be doing a bunch of exercise too?
If this thing is telling me that I consumed 1200 calories today, then it definitely doesn't feel like it. I feel like I ate like I normally would, but I definitely didn't because otherwise I wouldn't be classified as obese.
I feel like I should be starving, because I probably consume like 2500 calories normally, but I feel fine.
Noah Cox
because 7000kcal is the same as 1kg of fat. so if you dont eat those 1000kcal x7 days you have your 7000kcal which will give you weight loss. if it will be 1kg or 0,7 or 1,8.. nobody can tell you that because everybod is different.
David Baker
It could be that you're overestimating how much you ate before. Or miscalculating what you're eating now. But assuming that your numbers are in fact correct. This is exactly how it's going to work.
Exercise is not needed to lose weight, but is recommended tremendously.
But in the end energy in vs. energy out is the main thing.
John Cooper
Better if you just use a scale each week/day to tell. I only just MFP to check what the macros are for all my food.
Anthony Bennett
Thanks for the help guys.
I already walk about an hour a day, which equals to ~5km, and according to the Nike app thing it's ~400 calories burned, so I guess that's enough exercise for a day.
I'll check the scale by the end of the week, then if I've lost 1 kg by then, then I'll probably hate myself for not doing this any earlier.
Xavier Long
What have you eaten today, then? 1200 calories isn't much. Are you weighting and calculating everything you eat? EVERYTHING. Including snacks, and even that healthy banana you had?
