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Adjusting my cal intake

Raychel_xoxo
Raychel_xoxo Posts: 51
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I've been going off of the recommended cals and carbs and all that from the site for a while now. Should I manually adjust it as I lose weight...or should it auto adjust for me? Little confused how it works here.
Thanks =)

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  • kristinlough
    kristinlough Posts: 828 Member
    It'll adjust :smile:
  • Raychel_xoxo
    Raychel_xoxo Posts: 51
    When??
  • mbroeckelmanpost
    mbroeckelmanpost Posts: 44 Member
    Go to "goals" and click on "change goals." Even if you don't change anything, this will prompt it to update your daily recommended calories.
  • kerrilucko
    kerrilucko Posts: 3,852 Member
    it will automatically adjust for you... I think it is every 10 lbs. It will notify you as well.
  • Raychel_xoxo
    Raychel_xoxo Posts: 51
    i have lost 12.2 so far and it hasn't automatically adjusted anything for me...which is why i became kind of curious.


    i'll look into the "change goals" thing you mentioned mbroeckelmanpo, thank you!
  • Raychel_xoxo
    Raychel_xoxo Posts: 51
    hmmm...yeah I did that and everything still stayed the same.

    idk, maybe i'll just manually adjust everything myself.

    thanks for your suggestions though! =)
  • Aeriel
    Aeriel Posts: 864 Member
    Are you at 1200 calories a day? if so, it will never adjust any lower than that.
  • Raychel_xoxo
    Raychel_xoxo Posts: 51
    Yeah, I'm at 1,200, so okay, that makes sense. Thank you.
    And so will my carbs and protein and fat all stay the same as well then?
  • Aeriel
    Aeriel Posts: 864 Member
    Yes, nothing will change. You can modify the amounts if you want and keep your calories the same, just by adjusting the % of each you want to eat in your diet.
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