Calories In vs Calories Out

[ShelleyMT]

Hi

I am trying to lose weight and become healthier. I am trying to setup & understand the Calorie burned in my activities and my calories I will log in the food plan. My current weight is 175 I am 5'2" female. I exercise 5 times a week with a mix of biking, weights, cardio, yoga. I have chosen the hard target to lose the weight but dont understand the numbers it is set at on my fitbit? Can someone please explain what my calorie in vs out should be set to?

Thank you

[SunsetRunner]

Hi @ShelleyMT

Have moved this thread from the Alta to the Weight Loss section to increase the chance of getting a solution.

Your post will get more attention here.

[Dominique]

Calories out should be taken care of by your Fitbit, provided you entered all the required information in your personal settings (age, height, weight etc.) and you wear it 24/7. Calories in is going to be taken care of by you, either in Fitbit or in MyFitnessPal (which some people deem better for logging food). In order to lose weight, you need to have a deficit (calories in smaller than calories out). The size of that deficit will (should) determine the pace of your weight loss.

You want to make sure you are going to eat enough food, especially since you are a woman and quite short. If the deficit you select is too aggressive, you will have too little food left to eat.

How old are you? This is the only missing parameter to get an idea about the calories you are going to burn. 

[SweetLife]

Do you know, does the baseline calories for the day adjust down as you lose weight? I noticed that I was alway getting about 1500 at the start of the day and then it would adjust for exercise or lack of in some cases. However, the last couple of days I notice I am only now starting with 1400 calories.

[x0x0_Jenny]

Correct, calories are adjusted down as you lose weight.