Struggling on 4600kj

shroodle88

Hi, after several weeks of easy losses, my kilojoule allowance has dropped to a point where I find it really hard to feel full even though I eat lots of protein. Evenings are particularly hard when dinner doesn't fill you up. Any suggestions or ideas on how to manage better are much appreciated! :-)

elphie754

4600?!?

xeno8604

4600kj is another way of saying 1100 calories.

Alatariel75

elphie754 wrote: »

4600?!?

4600 kj = 1099 calories.

OP, you're not eating enough and can eat far more and still lose. Are you on iPhone? there's been a glitch lately which puts your calorie goal stupidly low.

abadvat

Unless you are a very tiny and extremely sedentary person the amount of joules (or calories for the rest of the world) is very (very!) low!
Who told you to eat so little?

elphie754

xeno8604 wrote: »

4600kj is another way of saying 1100 calories.

I am aware. My shock was more at how few calories they were eating. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

xeno8604

elphie754 wrote: »

xeno8604 wrote: »

4600kj is another way of saying 1100 calories.

I am aware. My shock was more at how few calories they were eating. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Sorry bout that assumption, I was shocked when I found out how much it was after I put it in a calculator myself.

Sued0nim

re-enter your basic settings using the web version of MFP

Seriously MFP have to do something about this glitch - it's incompetence in the extreme not to at least have a warning message

Cryptonomnomicon

rabbitjb wrote: »

re-enter your basic settings using the web version of MFP

Seriously MFP have to do something about this glitch - it's incompetence in the extreme not to at least have a warning message

Agreed!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

Nony_Mouse

rabbitjb wrote: »

re-enter your basic settings using the web version of MFP

Seriously MFP have to do something about this glitch - it's incompetence in the extreme not to at least have a warning message

Surely they're leaving themselves open to be sued? I've seen some crazy low calorie allowances in the last couple of weeks. For anyone who doesn't find out via the forums it's bloody dangerous.

higgins8283801

I am 5'2 and maintaining but I played with it to see what it was doing, and switching to .5lb loss said I needed to eat 900 calories.

Yeah. No.

Op eat more. Mfp is not right.

shroodle88

Thanks guys! That is reassuring! I have been losing 1kg a week since starting ca.5 weeks ago on the settings for losing 0.5kg - of course I was rather pleased to start with, but over the corse of losing 4kg MFP shaved off 1000kj of my daily allowance, which I thought a bit excessive. There's definitely a glitch - although 4600 is still in the healthy range of eating according to the daily summary, the message also warns me I am not eating enough. :-/

minties82

Someone else who uses metric measuments! Woohoo!

4600 isn't terribly high so definitely up that :-)

Liftng4Lis

You need to have your base to a least 1200 and earn more through exercise.

jkal1979

rabbitjb wrote: »

re-enter your basic settings using the web version of MFP

Seriously MFP have to do something about this glitch - it's incompetence in the extreme not to at least have a warning message

I agree. I sent them an email asking why it's not being addressed in an announcement, Facebook post, anything but all they said was sorry for the issue, it will be fixed with the next update. The only thing I see here on the forums is when they sometimes say they know about the issue and close the post because it promotes a VLCD.

It makes me wonder, for every post like the OP, how many are just following a very low calorie goal because that's what MFP gave them?

mitch16

shroodle88 wrote: »

Thanks guys! That is reassuring! I have been losing 1kg a week since starting ca.5 weeks ago on the settings for losing 0.5kg - of course I was rather pleased to start with, but over the corse of losing 4kg MFP shaved off 1000kj of my daily allowance, which I thought a bit excessive. There's definitely a glitch - although 4600 is still in the healthy range of eating according to the daily summary, the message also warns me I am not eating enough. :-/

You really don't have too much more to lose--even 0.5kg per week is probably a little ambitious at this point. You probably should be eating more...

Nony_Mouse

jkal1979 wrote: »

rabbitjb wrote: »

re-enter your basic settings using the web version of MFP

Seriously MFP have to do something about this glitch - it's incompetence in the extreme not to at least have a warning message

I agree. I sent them an email asking why it's not being addressed in an announcement, Facebook post, anything but all they said was sorry for the issue, it will be fixed with the next update. The only thing I see here on the forums is when they sometimes say they know about the issue and close the post because it promotes a VLCD.

It makes me wonder, for every post like the OP, how many are just following a very low calorie goal because that's what MFP gave them?

Hence my post about it in each of the forums . If they won't do anything to let people know, I will. Though in one of them someone actually suggested it was not such a bad thing. Yep, really.

The thread closing is kind of hilarious though, since it's actually MFP that is, technically, promoting a VLCD .

Merkavar

abadvat wrote: »

amount of joules (or calories for the rest of the world)

I thought it was the other way round. As in most of the world used kj except for the U.S. And UK.

But yeah maybe change your setting to half a kilo lose since it sounds like your close to goal weight.

Or maybe try eating foods that fill you up for longer, I hear higher protein and fats help with hunger or what about foods with less energy but higher volume.

Or just eat more, sounds like the app is wrong.