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SarahMacka
SarahMacka Posts: 4 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Can someone describe the numbers to me? i'm trying to lose weight but im either going over or under :s

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  • happysquidmuffin
    happysquidmuffin Posts: 651 Member
    Do you mean your calories limit, or the other things you can track like carbs, sugar, fat, fiber, etc? You’ll probably almost never hit your calorie goal exactly… I try to aim to be under as much as possible. The other numbers… I mostly just ignore. I try to at least get close to my protein goal, but other than that I just care about the calories. Lately I’ve lost about 11 lb in the past 3 months. You can do this.
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,975 Member
    What do you mean by 'describe the numbers'?
    Have you followed the guided set-up to get your calorie goal?
    If you're having trouble hitting your goal precisely:
    - don't worry too much, it's not necessary to hit the number exactly, 50 calories over or under is fine too
    - even if you're going over or under by bigger numbers, it isn't necessarily bad either. Your body doesn't reset at midnight, you can look at your weekly average instead of looking at your daily intake. There is even a weekly view in the app when you tap on the little pie chart icon at the top:
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  • SarahMacka
    SarahMacka Posts: 4 Member
    Oops sorry! I wasn’t clear…
    I mean.. what number should I watch in the case of eating like negative net calories to lose weight etc ? Or watching the remaining number?
    It’s all so confusing and I’m drawing a blank even though I’ve been using MFP for ages haha
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    That big number on your home page (browser version) that says "calories remaining" - that is the number of calories available to eat to meet your daily calorie goal.

    The big number that says xxxx remaining on the home page of your Android app - ditto.

    Assume it's the same on iOS too.

    No interpretation is really required, "calories remaining" has done the maths for you.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Here's the Official explanation from the Help Articles:

    https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032625391-How-does-MyFitnessPal-calculate-my-initial-goals-
  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,854 Member
    SarahMacka wrote: »
    Can someone describe the numbers to me? i'm trying to lose weight but im either going over or under :s

    Like they've said, calories remaining are the calories you have available to eat. They show the equation
    ____ - ______=_____ on you homepage. The "answer" to that equation is your remaining calories you can eat.

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