not meeting calorie goal?

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  • Sojaided34
    Sojaided34 Posts: 113
    I am having the same issue. I am supposed to eat 1270. Sometimes I don't get there. I too was confused about the NET calories at first. Now I understand it. I think most people are still in the thinking of you have to put out more than you bring in.
  • SuzyLy
    SuzyLy Posts: 133 Member
    Are you not eating or not logging in? Your diary is showing deficits of anywhere from 167 cals to 1261 cals!! I think you are sabotaging yourself. Don't skip meals and eat as close to your daily calories goals as possible.
  • korygilliam
    korygilliam Posts: 594 Member
    I think you got your answer, but example from what happened with me (multiple times) when I had a lot to lose-

    1100-1300, I would lose consistantly
    less than 1100, I would not lose at all
    less than 1000, I would typically start gaining weight
    Get back to 1300-would start losing again

    Kory, congrats on your drastic weight loss! :drinker:

    Thanks! It was fairly easy going until the last 20 pounds, then it was a lot of trial and error. Thankfully the 'error' part didn't make me gain weight, but just took a while to get me over some plateaus.

    As someone else posted...I used the MFP net goal for the main part, then, when I hit my longest plateau, I used my TDEE calculation (not including my exercise) minus 500 for my daily net calorie goal.

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