Warning about being under my minimum

ChickenKillerPuppy

Just got this for this first time. I have been under for my net calories before (i still eat more than my mind slways, just don’t eat all my exercise points back) and never saw this - I’m almost 2 weeks into the program. Have others been getting this all along?

kami3006

Women get that when they log under 1000 calories of food for the day. Not net, total food intake.

MichelleSilverleaf

You get this sort of warning if your calories ends up being under 1200cal for women or 1500cal for men. All it really means is you can't complete your diary.

kami3006

MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »

You get this sort of warning if your calories ends up being under 1200cal for women or 1500cal for men. All it really means is you can't complete your diary.

It’ll let you close it under 1200, just not under 1000

led2012

I have seen this a few times. Only when I go under 1000 calories. Doesn't matter if I exercise or not.

MikePTY

You should listen to it. It's there for a reason. You should not be eating less than 1000 calories per day, especially if you are not eating all of your exercise calories back.

ChickenKillerPuppy

I did eat/log 1452 calories today. I had 526 exercise calories and my minimum is 1200, so it had to go by net. I don’t aim to do this but my net has been under 1000 before (I think I always log at least 1400, I just get a lot of exercise calories and don’t always eat all of them back) but this was the first time I got this. Weird.

apullum

ChickenKillerPuppy wrote: »

I did eat/log 1452 calories today. I had 526 exercise calories and my minimum is 1200, so it had to go by net. I don’t aim to do this but my net has been under 1000 before (I think I always log at least 1400, I just get a lot of exercise calories and don’t always eat all of them back) but this was the first time I got this. Weird.

You need to eat your exercise calories. MFP’s calorie goal intends you to eat them back. If you’re confident that they’re calculated correctly, you should eat them all.

MikePTY

ChickenKillerPuppy wrote: »

I did eat/log 1452 calories today. I had 526 exercise calories and my minimum is 1200, so it had to go by net. I don’t aim to do this but my net has been under 1000 before (I think I always log at least 1400, I just get a lot of exercise calories and don’t always eat all of them back) but this was the first time I got this. Weird.

Hmm.. That is weird. While I would still advocate that you eat more calories from your exercise back, I was under the impression that MFP only gave that warning for gross calories, not net calories. I have seen friends close diaries with negative net calories today so I'm not sure why that is happening to you.

keenest37

I get this too & I've never gone under 1000.

ChickenKillerPuppy

Thanks everyone - I appreciate the feedback