Calories seems to have gone down

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xstephnz
xstephnz Posts: 278 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have recently put on about 5 kilos. When I started tracking, I seemed to have more calories to play with.

I had about 550 calories for breakfast and about 330 for lunch, and now I only have about 400 left? I thought I would have more than that?

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  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    Empty diary except one day last weekend... nothing logged... consistent calorie goal... your question doesn't make any sense.

    I smell troll.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,149 Member
    Was just looking at the diary. Are you logging elsewhere?
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    edited February 2015
    Depends. However, you haven't really provided enough information to know if the 400 calories left is correct.
    Have you exercised and did you log it?
    What was your calorie goal to start with?
    Have you changed your goal weight loss per week?
    Do you have any devices like Fitbit or Jawbone linked with MFP?

    edit: I just looked at your diary and see that you aren't logging on MFP. Your goal is 1360 here. Which means that without exercise, if you ate 550 for breakfast and 330 for lunch you would have 480 left for the day.
  • xstephnz
    xstephnz Posts: 278 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    Empty diary except one day last weekend... nothing logged... consistent calorie goal... your question doesn't make any sense.

    I smell troll.

    I'm not a troll. People are so quick to jump to that conclusion here! I haven't logged much this year because I haven't been ready to make changes. There are more entries in January.
  • xstephnz
    xstephnz Posts: 278 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Was just looking at the diary. Are you logging elsewhere?

    No. I logged more in January. I haven't been logging much because I have been eating so poorly and I haven't been ready to make changes. I'm still finding my feet. I have a mentor on here I email some days.
  • xstephnz
    xstephnz Posts: 278 Member
    My food diary is pretty shameful.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    I just don't understand why you say you've run out of calories if you haven't logged today. Where are you seeing your calories going down? I went all the way backwards through your diary and your base goal is unchanged at 1360 since January.

    There are some days when you earned exercise calories. Is that maybe what you're referring to?
  • xstephnz
    xstephnz Posts: 278 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    I just don't understand why you say you've run out of calories if you haven't logged today. Where are you seeing your calories going down? I went all the way backwards through your diary and your base goal is unchanged at 1360 since January.

    There are some days when you earned exercise calories. Is that maybe what you're referring to?

    I don't know. I thought my calories to lose weight would be readjusted because I put on weight.
  • KimberlyinMN
    KimberlyinMN Posts: 302 Member
    Just for reference 5 kilograms = 11 pounds. It could be an adjustment isn't warranted?
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    What is your question exactly?
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,101 Member
    xstephnz wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Was just looking at the diary. Are you logging elsewhere?

    No. I logged more in January. I haven't been logging much because I have been eating so poorly and I haven't been ready to make changes. I'm still finding my feet. I have a mentor on here I email some days.

    If you eat poorly still log it. So you can see just how bad you were. How are you going to make a change if you won't change until after you change. Does that make sense.

    Having a bad log is better than no log at all.

    You can force it to adjust your calorie limit. Just go into the goals section. Change it to a different goal. And then change it back to what if was.
  • xstephnz
    xstephnz Posts: 278 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    You can force it to adjust your calorie limit. Just go into the goals section. Change it to a different goal. And then change it back to what if was.

    Okay I should probably try that
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,149 Member
    If you're not logging, you don't know how much you're eating. If you're putting on weight, you aren't in a deficit. Start tracking, weigh and measure your intake.
  • xstephnz
    xstephnz Posts: 278 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    If you're not logging, you don't know how much you're eating. If you're putting on weight, you aren't in a deficit. Start tracking, weigh and measure your intake.

    I have tracked today. It's only 1:45pm. Maybe you can't see that because I am in a different timezone. I am a day ahead of most places.
  • PKM0515
    PKM0515 Posts: 3,090 Member
    edited February 2015
    xstephnz wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    If you're not logging, you don't know how much you're eating. If you're putting on weight, you aren't in a deficit. Start tracking, weigh and measure your intake.

    I have tracked today. It's only 1:45pm. Maybe you can't see that because I am in a different timezone. I am a day ahead of most places.

    I can see your calories for "today" by viewing your diary and selecting the right arrow for "tomorrow". I'm on the East Coast (USA).

    Hope this helps...
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    xstephnz wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    If you're not logging, you don't know how much you're eating. If you're putting on weight, you aren't in a deficit. Start tracking, weigh and measure your intake.

    I have tracked today. It's only 1:45pm. Maybe you can't see that because I am in a different timezone. I am a day ahead of most places.

    It's 12pm Wednesday afternoon here in Australia :smile:

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