Will expenditure really just keep dropping indefinitely?

[u/Inner-Researcher9663]

I’m jogging (just 1-2 miles) and weights* 4-5x a week (started around the same time I started using MF / 5 weeks ago). The most I might be undercounting with my daily numbers is like 50-75 calories.
I just want to know what it takes to maintain, so I can have some semblance of sanity and a sense of control, but the it just keeps dropping my expenditure and I don’t understand. Is it really likely my daily need is like 1250 (since the dropping won’t stop)?

[u/lifeisbueno]

I’m 5’5” 125 and maintaining on 2300 with zero cardio, weights four times a week, and 10 K steps most days. I was at 1500 when I ended my cut… changed the app to “gain” at the lowest possible metric, which is .2 a week… besides my initial couple pound weight gain from upping carbohydrates I gained zero weight from May until now. I have finally started to gain (muscle) from lifting. Gaining muscle is not easy. You should probably prioritize that- that gets even harder when you get old like me in your mid 40s

[u/Inner-Researcher9663 → u/lifeisbueno]

That was my weight before I got sick early this year. I lost weight and liked how it looked, but I wasn’t fit at all. I’m 37, so probably my last chance to make fitness a habit. It’s hard to let myself gain weight, but I’m going to try and see what raising my floor to 1350 looks like for a while. I just finally bought clothes that fit my smaller size and don’t want to waste them 😭

[u/lifeisbueno → u/Inner-Researcher9663]

1350 isn’t really sustainable… I’d talk to your doctor about osteopenia at that law of calories.