Calorie Counting on My Fitness Pal

OElleBelleO

I know the calorie goal is what we all try to aim for but is it worse to be under or over?

blacrasberri

Try to be under or just on target for your calorie goal. Every now and then we may fall off the wagon but saddle up & prepare to ride that bad boy out :happy:

MaruManic

Neither. Its bad to be an extreme, but being a little over or under is hardly a bad thing. You can't expect to hit it perfect all the time. The main thing is to being in the weightloss range, even if your going over, or if your going under not to go too far so your body doesn't start cluching and storing everything you put in it as fat.

or atleast that's what I believe. :]

geri25

i would at least get 1200 calories in

ImperfektAngel

I would say its worse to be over

Lyadeia

I think people get too freaked out when they are over. If you think about it, MFP builds in a deficit of around 500 calories...sometimes even more. So if you are 200 calories over, instead of crying because you went over 200, think about the fact that you are still at a 300 calorie deficit and that will still help you lose weight.

It is the extremes you must be wary of as another poster already mentioned. Extremely low and you could go into a plateau cause you're not eating enough...extremely high and you gain weight...but slightly above or below won't make or break your diet.

CARNAT22

I aim to be within about 50 / 75 cals either way! Normally under though...

OElleBelleO

Thanks everyone for the advice!