Calorie goal

orgreenp

How is it possible that I have gain weight even though I managed to stay under my calorie goal?

OAS5

Gained weight? How do you know you gained weight as in fat?
On Saturday I was 200 exactly even, Sunday I was 201.8, Monday 202.4 and that 202.6. I'm not worried about it. It's just normal fluctuations. Happens all the time.

BarbaraHelen2013

If you want reasonable advice you’ll have to give us more information to work with.

What is your calorie goal?
How did you arrive at that number?
How old are you?
How long have you been eating at this calorie level?
What’s your current weight?
What’s your goal weight?
What weight did you start at?
How much weight do you think you’ve gained and over what time span?
Do you weigh your food and make sure the entries you use are accurate?

That information should do as a starting point. If we can get that from you, I’m sure we can be more insightful 😊

jjpptt2

• not enough time/patience
• not actually under your goal
• your goal is not actually a deficit

cmriverside

You've been on this site for three days? You didn't gain weight in three days.

Here: http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/

...and:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10179969/weight-loss-flow-chart-2-0/p1

quiksylver296

cmriverside wrote: »

You've been on this site for three days? You didn't gain weight in three days.

Here: http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/

...and:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10179969/weight-loss-flow-chart-2-0/p1

Read those links.

jhanleybrown

If exercise is part of your program, dont use MFP estimates of calorie burn. 90% of them are gross calorie burn and you need net burn. Just a heads up. It over estimates calorie burn considerably.

jjpptt2

jhanleybrown wrote: »

If exercise is part of your program, dont use MFP estimates of calorie burn. 90% of them are gross calorie burn and you need net burn. Just a heads up. It over estimates calorie burn considerably.

Not really.

The average person doing an average workout is going to see an "error rate" of about 50 calories from this. That's hardly the reason someone would or wouldn't see progress.

cmriverside

jhanleybrown wrote: »

If exercise is part of your program, dont use MFP estimates of calorie burn. 90% of them are gross calorie burn and you need net burn. Just a heads up. It over estimates calorie burn considerably.

Just because you have found it to be off for yourself, doesn't mean it's a flaw of the system, it's more a garbage-in-garbage out thing, user error.

If you would read those links in your thread you posted about this you would find your answers.

Your experience is only N=1 and does NOT apply across the board.

All numbers need to be tested against results. For YOU it is in error.

jhanleybrown

My average workout is off by 900 calories. Just walking is off by 40-50 calories per mile.

corinasue1143

If you started exercising 3 days ago, it may be water

LyndaBSS

Are you using a food scale? Weigh everything you eat and log into the food diary. Use the common sense approach when using the database.

quiksylver296

jhanleybrown wrote: »

My average workout is off by 900 calories. Just walking is off by 40-50 calories per mile.

How do you know this?

kshama2001

corinasue1143 wrote: »

If you started exercising 3 days ago, it may be water

Yes, my own scale went up 7 pounds when I started weight lifting again. Took a few weeks to come back off.

I also have water weight fluctuations from high sodium meals like Chinese, and hormonal water retention twice a month from being a female with a menstrual cycle.

cmriverside

jhanleybrown wrote: »

My average workout is off by 900 calories. Just walking is off by 40-50 calories per mile.

Yeah you've made this point multiple times.

Please don't highjack this thread with your mission.