Net calories number keeps rising for no reason

AGreen54

For some reason my net calories number keeps rising and I didn't change my settings or anything. When I started this 7 weeks ago it was at 1340 then it rose to 1350 a few weeks later and now it's at 1360?? I don't get it. I have my deficit at 0.5 lbs a week or 250 calorie deficit. I did gain 3 lbs recently so could that be why the number keeps changing?

onyxgirl17

That's why I manually set my calories to TDEE and not what MFP says lol.

marinebiologist_girl

If you've ever clicked 'yes' to 'oh, we see you've lost a lot of weight, do you want us to change your settings?' then this might be the reason?

LorinaLynn

I did gain 3 lbs recently so could that be why the number keeps changing?

Yes. Your calorie goal is based off your current weight. If your weight changes, so does your calorie goal. Usually this is if you change your settings, but even if you click through your settings without manually changing anything, it will update them.