If the recommended calories feel too high for you, you can override them. Open My Weight Goal & Plan and change the calorie level to your own custom level. The equations from the Institute of Medicine are only estimations, and each person has a unique metabolism, so your own level may fit you better. Your change then replaces the estimate.
You may feel that your necessary calorie level for weight loss is lower than the estimated calories determined by the equation from the Institutes of Medicine.
The equations are simply estimations and we all have our own unique metabolism. You can just override the calorie level by going into My Weight Goal & Plan and changing it to your custom calorie level. The article about calorie planning may also clarify it.
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