Calories in goals does not match calories in Food Diary

lobotskyj
lobotskyj Posts: 4 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi, I am new here. I noticed that the calories in Goals is not same as the calories in the food diary. I want the calories in food diary to be the same as in the Goals . How do I do that?

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,848 Member
    What?

    If you are using a FitBit or if you are adding "Exercise" into the exercise section, your Goals will change in connection with that.
  • lobotskyj
    lobotskyj Posts: 4 Member
    edited May 2019
    It has my Goal as 1200 calories, which seems right, but then it has 1,504 for total calories as my max for the day in my food diary. I think 1504 calories are not going to help me lose weight! And also, the calorie total for the day should match the calorie total in the Goals regardless of exercise, right? Why would exercise add calories to my food diary? To be clear, I have not eaten 1504 calories yet today, that is what it has as the ideal total in my food diary. But I just deleted the exercise and it was what added the calories to the Food Diary! How is that going to help me lose weight?? This is really different from WeightWatchers. The total should not change no matter exercise or not. Any calorie "credit" due to exercise should be optional to eat or not and separate from the calories for the day, imo. Well, I guess I will not add any exercise going forward to keep it stable.
  • lobotskyj
    lobotskyj Posts: 4 Member
    Okay, well, I know in Weightwatchers, my calories were 1200 and I lost weight not eating the extra calories! Very hard for me to lose weight, maybe it's easier for you. Thank you for the information!
  • dolores_bianca
    dolores_bianca Posts: 1 Member
    No something is wrong- on the main page I have my goal, but when i click in the details it is 250 cals higher. Which throws the percentage of nutrients off.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,848 Member
    edited May 2019
    dolores_bianca wrote: »
    No something is wrong- on the main page I have my goal, but when i click in the details it is 250 cals higher. Which throws the percentage of nutrients off.

    She (lobotshyj) said she added exercise calories.

    dolores_bianca, do you use a FitBit or did you add "exercise"? When you get adjusted calories from FitBit (or other body tracking devices) OR IF YOU ADD Exercise, your macros will go up proportionally in the percentage ratio that you have previously chosen.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,010 Member
    edited May 2019
    Just because I think they might also help:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1
  • WholeFoods4Lyfe
    WholeFoods4Lyfe Posts: 1,518 Member
    It seems like you got your answer. My recommendation would just be to not add your exercise if it it confuses your calorie goals for you. Or, just ignore the extra calories that it gives you. Some days I eat my exercise calories, some days I eat half, it's up to you how you want to handle them.
  • sarabushby
    sarabushby Posts: 784 Member
    Just be aware that having too high a deficit may cause your weight loss to be slower in the long run if you find it overly restrictive and thus have ‘cheat meals’ or subconsciously move less because you’re tired all the time from under fuelling.
    It all depends how much you have to lose, your current weight, goal weight and just how much exercise you’re typically doing of what nature but don’t blindly go along thinking that highest calorie deficit is always best.

    Also just an FYI in case you don’t know...1200 is the minimum MFP will assign to you so some ppl will choose a 2lb a week loss, get given 1200 calories, eat that and be frustrated they don’t lose 2lb a week on the scales. In actual fact it may be that creating such a deficit to lose 2lb a week would require them to eat less than 1200 a day and thus MFP has bottomed out at this number but not bothered to flag to the user that they should set more realistic expectations and that their 2lb a week loss rate will not happen as it would be unsafe.
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