Calories different each day

coolcoolman1980
coolcoolman1980 Posts: 101 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
My calories in app are different each day .
Even if I try to reset then by changing my weekly lose 1.5b to lose 2b it doesn't cha GE what the previous days calorie goal is .
What's happening and how do I fix without having to manually change each day

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  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    coolcoolman1980 wrote: »
    My calories in app are different each day .
    Even if I try to reset then by changing my weekly lose 1.5b to lose 2b it doesn't cha GE what the previous days calorie goal is .
    What's happening and how do I fix without having to manually change each day

    It would be tough to pinpoint exactly what is happening. Since you are male, the lowest daily caloric goal MFP will provide is 1500 Cals. You may be at the minimum already by choosing a 1.5 pound per week rate of loss, so changing that to 2 pounds per week will not make it any lower.

    Changing daily caloric goals today have no effect on previous day's goals; that is how the program works now. In the past, the program would change your previous day's goals, but MFP redesigned it.

    If your daily caloric goal increases, the most likely cause is that you are adding cardiovascular exercise, which will increase your daily Calories to ensure you are maintaining adequate nutrition to fuel that exercise. Most people will choose to eat back only a percentage of earned Calories to account for overestimation of Calories earned.

    ​Please see these articles, and search for other helpful articles, on the MFP Help pages...

    myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/410332-how-does-myfitnesspal-calculate-my-initial-goals-

    myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1027478-why-do-my-daily-nutrient-values-and-my-calorie-goal-change-when-i-log-exercise-
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Are you logging exercise? If you are, you will be given more calories to eat on those days. Your baseline calories don't change, but if you are at a baseline of (for instance) 1700 and you add an hour of exercise, the app will add (for instance) 310 calories - putting your new adjusted goal to eat at 2010.

    Does that help?
  • coolcoolman1980
    coolcoolman1980 Posts: 101 Member
    Ah I think it's because I was thinking precious days goal would change ,also been doing exercise so that's it explained .
    Thanks
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    CyberTone wrote: »
    It would be tough to pinpoint exactly what is happening. Since you are male, the lowest daily caloric goal MFP will provide is 1500 Cals.

    Has this ever showed up in testing ? not in my experience - only the 1200 minimum seems to happen.
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    yarwell wrote: »
    CyberTone wrote: »
    It would be tough to pinpoint exactly what is happening. Since you are male, the lowest daily caloric goal MFP will provide is 1500 Cals.

    Has this ever showed up in testing ? not in my experience - only the 1200 minimum seems to happen.

    As far as I know, the MFP guided goals for men will not go below 1500. The "Complete This Entry" feature will work and will post a card to your News Feed if above 1200. I've never tested if a male could set a custom goal below 1500 - I would hope not.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    CyberTone wrote: »
    yarwell wrote: »
    CyberTone wrote: »
    It would be tough to pinpoint exactly what is happening. Since you are male, the lowest daily caloric goal MFP will provide is 1500 Cals.

    Has this ever showed up in testing ? not in my experience - only the 1200 minimum seems to happen.

    As far as I know, the MFP guided goals for men will not go below 1500. The "Complete This Entry" feature will work and will post a card to your News Feed if above 1200. I've never tested if a male could set a custom goal below 1500 - I would hope not.

    it was never implemented going on my testing.

    It has no real basis anyway so I'm not worried.
  • coolcoolman1980
    coolcoolman1980 Posts: 101 Member
    So .. for example if I go Mon-Thursday on lose 1.5b then change frid-sun to lose .5 lb I would still lose ? The weekend is my worst time .
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    coolcoolman1980 wrote: »
    So .. for example if I go Mon-Thursday on lose 1.5b then change frid-sun to lose .5 lb I would still lose ? The weekend is my worst time .

    If you use the MFP app on a mobile device, I would recommend you keep your daily goal constant, and then just monitor your Net Calories for the week by navigating to Menu/More > Nutrition > Calories > Week View. As long as you are under for Monday through Thursday, you can go over slightly on one or more weekend days and still maintain your weekly Net Calorie goal.
  • coolcoolman1980
    coolcoolman1980 Posts: 101 Member
    CyberTone wrote: »
    coolcoolman1980 wrote: »
    So .. for example if I go Mon-Thursday on lose 1.5b then change frid-sun to lose .5 lb I would still lose ? The weekend is my worst time .

    If you use the MFP app on a mobile device, I would recommend you keep your daily goal constant, and then just monitor your Net Calories for the week by navigating to Menu/More > Nutrition > Calories > Week View. As long as you are under for Monday through Thursday, you can go over slightly on one or more weekend days and still maintain your weekly Net Calorie goal.

    Yeah ... but if I did change it & was still under weekly amount I would still lose ?
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    coolcoolman1980 wrote: »
    CyberTone wrote: »
    coolcoolman1980 wrote: »
    So .. for example if I go Mon-Thursday on lose 1.5b then change frid-sun to lose .5 lb I would still lose ? The weekend is my worst time .

    If you use the MFP app on a mobile device, I would recommend you keep your daily goal constant, and then just monitor your Net Calories for the week by navigating to Menu/More > Nutrition > Calories > Week View. As long as you are under for Monday through Thursday, you can go over slightly on one or more weekend days and still maintain your weekly Net Calorie goal.

    Yeah ... but if I did change it & was still under weekly amount I would still lose ?

    As long as you are in a long-term, sustained caloric deficit, you will lose weight. That means that you have to log your Calories in accurately (weigh solids, measure liquids, choose accurate database entries, be honest, don't underestimate) and log your Calories out accurately (don't overestimate your daily Activity Level, don't overestimate exercise Calories and then eat all of them back).

    For the days you do go over your weight loss caloric goal, it would be to your benefit not to exceed your daily maintenance Calories. If you never exceed your daily maintenance Calories on the days that you may go over your weight loss goal, you may not lose weight as quickly as you want to, but at least you won't be gaining weight.
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