Help!! Calories Goal too high?? (2024)

tomcustombuilder Posts: 1,595 Member

April 18

Your coach isn't much of an expert, apparently. Without context of your stats and lifestyle it's hard to give you a correct calorie amount however 2,890 will most likely cause weight gain instead of loss. 2,000 may even be too high.

The more fat you carry the bigger the deficit can be. Person A may lose at 2,000 and person B may gain at 2,000 even though they're the same size. Daily non exercise activity will be the biggest determining factor.

Then there is the accuracy factor. How accurate are you with counting? 2,000 can be much higher in reality if you're underestimating your intake.

cmriverside Posts: 33,937 Member

April 18

2000 a day sounds like a reasonable start. Your trainer probably is including your exercises as part of that 2000.

You can go in to "Goals" and set your calories at 2000, and the goals wizard will calculate your macros at a rate of 50% Carbs, 30% Fat, and 20% Protein. Those macros will be fine. I agree with Tom that a trainer may or may not have a good grasp on what will work and how to set macros.

You will have to learn as you go, and experiment for a while to see if your logging, your activity, and your exercise are lining up to give you weight loss.

I lost most of my weight (from 220 to 140) at 1500-1600 base calories PLUS "Exercise Calories" added on (that's just the way I did it, myfitnesspal sets exercise as a separate line item.) That meant that on exercise days I was eating 1800-2000 total calories.

Try it. See how it goes. Adjust after a month if it isn't giving you the results you expect based on your numbers. That's kind of what we all have to do.

PAV8888 Posts: 13,547 Member

April 18 edited April 18

The macros you've given add up to to 2850 Cal a day; not 2890 or 2000.

Protein and carbs are 4 Cal per gram. Fat is 9 Cal per gram

If they don't add up to 2000 , then your coach is NOT asking you to eat 2000.

MFP, unless things have recently changed, does not take into account AT ALL how many times a day you say you will exercise. It asks and then does not do anything visible with the information

Exercise when logged as expected after it was performed adds calories to compensate for the extra energy spent thus helping you keep to your desired deficit. That's in everyday use after guided setup has been completed.

What you describe in terms of different goals based on exercise does not make sense. Sounds like you may be using a non MFP setup

If you want to setup your goals independently of MFP you can search for sail rabbit TDEE

Time to double check what inputs you're providing and where and with your coach on their advice

AnnPT77 Posts: 31,966 Member

April 18

I agree with Riverside and PAV overall, and agree with Riverside that 2000 might be fine. (Similar to her, I lost most of the weight from obese to healthy weight on 1400-1600 plus exercise, so upwards of 2000 or so most days, as a 5'5" woman, age 59-60, sedentary outside of intentional exercise, starting at 183 pounds, all the way down into the 120s. I admit I'm a better than average li'l ol' calorie burner for my age, but 2000 doesn't seem crazy to me. You look much younger, are a bit heavier, and quite possibly taller than me.) Depending on info I don't know (your job, home life, details of the exercise), even 2850 might work, though I'm more skeptical of that on the surface.

PAV mentioned Sailrabbit as a TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) calculator to use as a double check. Here's the link:

https://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/

Are you an experienced exerciser, well conditioned? If so, 7 days a week may be fine. If more of a beginner, it could be excessive (fatiguing), which would be counterproductive, depending on what exercise type, intensity and duration you're doing. It can be a thing to work up to, if not conditioned to it now.

lynn_glenmont Posts: 9,961 Member

April 18