Why did my daily goal weight go up?

dee_thurman

I have been living a healthier lifestyle for me for almost 50 days. I have been on MFP for 32 days. When I first started MFP my daily goal was below 1500 calories but now it is exactly 1500 calories. I have updated my weight all along and my daily goal has never changed. Today I didn't even notice my daily goal until now. I have more calories than I normally do. What goes into MFP adjusting how many calories you eat and why would it adjust?

brianpperkins

dee_thurman wrote: »

I have been living a healthier lifestyle for me for almost 50 days. I have been on MFP for 32 days. When I first started MFP my daily goal was below 1500 calories but now it is exactly 1500 calories. I have updated my weight all along and my daily goal has never changed. Today I didn't even notice my daily goal until now. I have more calories than I normally do. What goes into MFP adjusting how many calories you eat and why would it adjust?

MFP does not include exercise in its base calculations. If you exercise, those calories are added to your goal so you maintain your net goal without creating too large of a deficit.

Merkavar

Did you gain weight? Pretty sure mfp adjusts up and down when your weight changes by 10lb.

How much is the difference?

Did you go in and change your macros or weekly goal? That makes mfp recalculate you calories as well.

dee_thurman

No, I have lost 10 pounds since I have started MFP

Remoth

Did you manually enter your goal calories the first time around? If you did, then when mfp thought it was time to recalculate, maybe you were lower than what it's standards are?

dee_thurman

No, i didn't manually enter the goal.

Merkavar

I suggest you go through and set your weight loss goal and macros again. That way mfp will will update your calories and you can have some confidence that it is correct.

dee_thurman

good idea - thats what i am going to do