1270 cal

aidenadrian0405

Anyone else trying to stay in the 1200s calories

rythomas1

Nope trying to stay in the 2000’s. Have you been killing it?

estherdragonbat

Nope, exercising so I can eat more than that.

texasredreb

My MFP recommendation is also 1270. So far, I'm doing it on most days. Yesterday I was 100 cals over and today I'm 3 calories over. I was under the previous several days. It's doable. I have to really watch breakfast and lunch in order to have a satisfying dinner.

aidenadrian0405

By the time i hit my protein and fat i still have calories left and carbs so im not sure if I should go over my macros to hit my calories.. and im not including my burn calories.

AnnPT77

aidenadrian0405 wrote: »

By the time i hit my protein and fat i still have calories left and carbs so im not sure if I should go over my macros to hit my calories.. and im not including my burn calories.

It's fine to go over your macros, and not a good plan to routinely be under your calorie goal by lots.

Many of us consider the protein and fat goals as minimums (try to at least hit them, OK to go over), and don't worry so much about carbs. (Protein and fats are essential nutrients, i.e., your body needs them as intake because it can't manufacture them itself. If you are under on carbs, your body can use other macros to substitute. That's not to say carbs are bad, it's just saying they're lower in importance to get all of.) But macros are for health, satiation and body composition: Calories are what count for weight loss.

Being lots under your calorie goal every day tends to lead long term to underfueling your body, so fatigue, thus more resting & less movement in daily life, and therefore a slightly reduced calorie burn from the reduced daily-life activity. Underfueling can also affect exercise performance, and reduce calories burned there, too. That's counter-productive for weight loss, and for overall life happiness, so it's a good plan to eat up pretty close to calorie goal most days. Also, sometimes under-eating can trigger a binge later, which isn't helpful either.

o, try to get close to your calorie goal most days, and don't overly obsess about being exact on macros. Close on macros is plenty good enough.

Pickle107

Yup. But I'm really sedentary for health reasons. I do often go over by a few calories, maybe once a week or so I'm over by 200 if there's been something really good on offer like a slice of cake or sponge pudding. I don't sweat it. It's worked well for me so far. TOM coming up and I get mad sugar cravings. Going to have a small packet of Reeces cups and be damned. Only, that'll be that. I won't be following it up with a bottle of milkshake or a cream eclair as I've developed a better feeling for what's an adequate serving.

TavistockToad

aidenadrian0405 wrote: »

By the time i hit my protein and fat i still have calories left and carbs so im not sure if I should go over my macros to hit my calories.. and im not including my burn calories.

why are you not eating back exercise calories? MFP i designed so that you should?

jennifer_417

I've never made it more than a week in the 1200 calorie range.

TavistockToad wrote: »

aidenadrian0405 wrote: »

By the time i hit my protein and fat i still have calories left and carbs so im not sure if I should go over my macros to hit my calories.. and im not including my burn calories.

why are you not eating back exercise calories? MFP i designed so that you should?

Also, this.

sijomial

If your daily goal is given as 1270 then it's 1270 + exercise calories on days when you do exercise.

There's no problem in going over on individual macros while staying withing your calorie limit, you don't have to make losing weight harder than it already is.

texasredreb

I don't pay much attention to the macros. Overall, I try to balance them out, but my main concern is the calories. It's difficult for me sometimes to feel satisfied on so few calories, but I aim for a variety of foods to keep my interest up.

cmriverside

aidenadrian0405 wrote: »

By the time i hit my protein and fat i still have calories left and carbs so im not sure if I should go over my macros to hit my calories.. and im not including my burn calories.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10503681/exercise-calories-do-i-eat-these-a-video-explanation/p1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67USKg3w_E4

alexis1616

1200 is generally the bare minimum calories you should intake in a day for the body to function properly alone(for a sedentary person). You should definitely try to reach at least 1200(as I’m unsure as to how much under your calorie count you are eating), and at such a low daily calorie intake, you should definitely be eating back at least some of your exercise calories.

Unless you’re trying to reach certain macro levels for personal reasons, I wouldn’t worry about reaching macro targets for strict weight loss(although I would definitely suggest having some protein source with every meal).