Advice Needed

Thetimehascomeforchange
Thetimehascomeforchange Posts: 16 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
If I am under my calorie goal for the day, and don't feel hungry in the slightest should I ?:

A) Still eat up to my calorie goal
B) Leave it as it should/could help increase weight loss

It may seem a simple question but i'm a bit of a novice still.

Thanks in advance.

C.

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  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    Like, how far under are you?

    Typically, MFP gives you a pretty big deficit (depending on what settings you put in). One day? Maybe it's no big deal. But if you're UNDEReating most days, then I'd try to add things like nuts or peanut butter or full-fat dairy to increase calories without increasing the amount of food you're specifically eating.
  • JoeCampbell85
    JoeCampbell85 Posts: 140
    I would eat up to my calorie goal. Maybe add more calorie dense food it. Reason I recommend this is because you may not be hungry now for various reasons including stress, bloating, being busy, etc but later that reduced calorie deficit may show it's ugly face and cause binge eating.
  • bizgirl26
    bizgirl26 Posts: 1,795 Member
    If it is only happening the odd day I wouldnt sweat it but if you are consistently not able to eat enough calories try to incorporate more calorie dense foods like PB, nuts, cheese
  • BootCampC
    BootCampC Posts: 689 Member
    you have built up energy in your body , once that is burned off you will get hungry
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    My advice is pretty similar but I have a little different take on things. I'm more concerned about calories over a week than necessarily day by day. Our metabolism doesn't have some magic "reset" at midnight every night. If you undereat every once in awhile it's really not a big deal. More often than not, not hungry Monday, and undereating a bit, means Tuesday you'll be more hungry. When that happens to me I eat as much as I feel like on Monday and if I'm more hungry Tuesday I'll eat up to the extra calories I had left over from Monday, but not more.
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    I tend to use any extra deficit calories towards a meal/event that I know can be a bit more indulgent. For example, if I know that I am going out to dinner on Saturday and want dessert ontop of a meal, I will try to eat at a 100 calorie deficit Monday-Friday and use the extra 500 calories from the week for that dessert. As long as I net for the week within my goals, I am happy.

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