Teens need at least 1800 calories - period. Your body continues to develop well into your 20's and so you need key nutrients and the calories to use them. So, your Spark program is not going to take you lower then 1800 calories because that is the basement for the site.
I'm not sure how you had your program set related to exercise, weight loss goals ect but those work together. If you were working out that much and eating 1800 calories you likely would have reached your goals quicker then you might now. Also your current BMI factors in there. If you are already at a healthy BMI of say 18, you are going to have different needs and different results then if you have a BMI of say 25.
Coach Tanya
PICES_ZODIAC 6/5/08 6:02 A
have you been entering the amount of execsice you do everyday? if you need more calories the programme will set that up for you.....
AMYKIMIKO 6/4/08 5:16 P
Okay, so I started SparkTeens while it was still swim season, and I was swimming 75 minutes a day, 3 days a week, with meets on Thursdays. I also did recreational gymnastics Fridays, which was around 45-50 minutes of actual exercise. The Nutrition Tracker told me my needs were 1800-2150.
I now hear that 1800 is my calorie minimum for lying around and being lazy. My needs haven't changed, even though I've reduced my minutes to around 30 minutes a day, 4 days a week (and I'm lucky if I get that). I started on Spark5. So...what's the deal? Did something screw up with the connection between my Fitness goals and my nutritional needs, or do I really only need 1800 calories a day during swim season?
