You Really CAN Eat More!!

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  • Mads1997
    Mads1997 Posts: 1,494 Member
    I will never understand why people join MFP but then don't follow the plan. MFP does not recommend anyone eat 1200 calories and exercise like crazy.

    What they need is an instruction page that people can refer to that tells them that they are to NET the 1200 cals by eating back exercise cals. I don't remember anything ever telling me that at the beginning and then when I asked for help on the forum everyone jumped down my throat telling me I wasn't eating enough and I didn't know that I was supposed to eat them back. I thought it was optional.

    Really its not hard to work out. When you log your exercise it increases your calories to eat!!!
  • Mads1997
    Mads1997 Posts: 1,494 Member
    MFP really needs to change the message it shows when you complete an entry because it is totally misleading. One time I accidentally hit the "Complete This Entry" button with only my breakfast calories logged and it told me that if every day was like today, I would lose 20 pounds in 5 weeks...and some people would see that and believe it and say oh hey if I only eat breakfast for 5 weeks I can lose weight!

    It would have also given you a warning in red text about you not eating enough!
  • Melfleming1
    Melfleming1 Posts: 13
    I struggled for months just to lose a pound here and there. (I was also eating 1200) After reading tons on here I upped my calories a little at a time. I started losing almost immediately. I am truly thankful for the information I found here.

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