Trying to figure out goal stats

[Pragmatic84]

Hello all 

I've been using my charge2 for about a month now and the data it's generating is very interesting, however I'd like to program it properly with proper goals but I have no idea what would be appropriate if that makes sense. 

These are my current vitals:

Height - 6'3"

Weight - 88kg 

Body fat - using an online calculator I got about 23% but I doubt the accuracy due to inexperience. 

As with most people, I'd like to lose some weight and gain muscle. 

On the screen where you set your goals (steps, calories, active minutes etc etc) I really don't know what I should be inputting. 

Can anyone offer any advice? 

Thanks 

[Mukluk4]

Add 10-15% to whatever your averages are now.  Push yourself.

If you nail that for a month or 2, then step it up again.

[emili]

the recommended number of steps per day in the US is 10K. So that is the starting point for most. If you are in good health and you want to be more active you want to have that or more as your step goal. If you are consistently making the goal without real effort you for sure want to raise it. If you never make it, you may want to ask yourself why and maybe lower it. Active minutes there is no benchmark that is really up to you. Most start with 30 minutes because a mile walk at an even pace will give you about 30 active minutes. If you spend an hour exercising everyday, you probably want to make that your goal. The calories are done for you based on the data you enter- how much you currently weigh vs how much you want to weigh. You can of course override it with custom data, but you will need to figure out what that is using multiple calculators available on line. The rest follows the same pattern I outlined. I hope this helps a bit... 

[waffle1]

I like Mukluk's approach since it starts from where you are today. Depending on your preferences, another approach is to figure out what kind of weight loss goals you'd like to see and pick your goal from there.

So for example, if you'd like to lose 0.5 kgs a week, you'll need a calorie deficit, say -600 cals/day (you can look up exactly what this value is from a TDEE calculator or NIH Body Weight Planner). Maybe you want to burn 400 cals of that from exercise, and reduce your food intake by 200 cals. Working backward, you can set a step goal based on 400 cals of burn (say 60 cals/1000 steps, so you'll need 6-7k more steps).