Tracked my food consistently and looked for patterns.

I determined a rough baseline for maintenance based on TDEE calculators.This is the power of actually determining your own maintenance needs firsthand vs going solely off an online calculator! That’s right! It’s almost 1.5x what MFP estimated.Īnd to be honest, 2600 calories is about 200-300 calories MORE than what I even predicted for myself. I’ll take 2600 calories over 1850 calories any dang day! The result… I feel satisfied and have more flexibility with my diet, get to eat chocolate almost daily, I’m crushing my workouts, and seeing improvements in body composition. 🟢 Here are my actual Maintenance needs 🟢

🚫 Eek, for an active female with a good amount of muscle… this is NOT a lot of calories!!.🚫 Eek, I might literally starve eating 1200 calories!!.There was no “WARNING” that losing 2 pounds really isn’t healthy or sustainable.

Note: I selected losing 2 pounds/week.

🎯 Here is what MFP recommends for both weight loss + maintenance: We also take into consideration your biofeedback (energy, stress, sleep, hunger, performance, hormones, libido, etc) and work WITH YOU to make modifications and adjustments based on feedback. And oftentimes the estimated targets they give you are WAY TOO LOW, which is why you often don’t see results (metabolism down-regulates due to less calories).Īt Coaching with Abby (CWA), we help you customize your nutrition + macros based on where you currently ARE and what your GOALS are. Hello hormones, said almost every female. The reality is that humans are way more complicated than a math formula. There is a chance that the way you are tracking food right now isn’t working for a reason.īecause a real “pal” (aka: Coach) knows you, your body, your history of dieting, your fitness program, how you’re sleeping, when your cycle starts, etc… MyFitnessPal (or any other Food Tracking App) doesn’t know YOU.įood Tracking Apps also create your recommendations based purely off of an equation.

Myfitnesspal nutrition facts