Hi All!
I have a question about daily calorie allowances. On my Fitday they suggest that I should be eating 1537 calories to lose the weight that I want by the date that I want. I clicked on one of the Fitday links, and it took me to the Mayo Clinic site. I plugged in all my values (height, weight, age, gender), and THAT SITE said that to lose weight I should be eating 1200 calories. Now, I KNOW that there's just about 350 calories difference between the two numbers, but 350 calories can be a whole extra MEAL!
Also, my Calorie Queens book says that to reach 200 pounds you should be eating approximately 2400 calories a day, and to weigh 160 (my goal weight) I am supposed to be eating 1920 calories. If I ate that many calories I would STILL BE in "Plateau Land!"
Anyone ever find discrepancies like that?
I am confused!
Cheryl