How accurate is MFP calorie counter?

zxcac
zxcac Posts: 3
in Health and Weight Loss
I can't seem to get close to the calorie goal(1820), I usually seem to consume less than a 1000 calories a day according to MFP. I enter everything I eat and have almost completely stopped snacking but I never noticed any weight loss. Recently I have started exercising on a stationary bike and I plan to get back to swimming, so I made an account to count calories and I was surprised by not being able to come up to the goal.

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I can't seem to get close to the calorie goal(1820), I usually seem to consume less than a 1000 calories a day according to MFP. I enter everything I eat and have almost completely stopped snacking but I never noticed any weight loss. Recently I have started exercising on a stationary bike and I plan to get back to swimming, so I made an account to count calories and I was surprised by not being able to come up to the goal.

    So eat more?
  • zxcac
    zxcac Posts: 3
    But should I really? I already tried eating more and still got below the goal, also I'm trying to lose weight but I'm not sure if i'm not eating too little.
  • ann121212
    ann121212 Posts: 290 Member
    Do you use scales to weigh the food or guesstimate?
  • zxcac
    zxcac Posts: 3
    Estimate it based on what is written on a package
  • MelissaGraham7
    MelissaGraham7 Posts: 406 Member
    The MFP counter is only as accurate as you make it. If you aren't measuring and/or weighing your foods, you are not being accurate. Most of us are amazed and dismayed when we discover what we thought was a portion from "guessing" versus measuring it out.

    Also, you do need to eat more. Few of us can maintain long term on 1000 calories, nor should we, for the most part.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Estimate it based on what is written on a package

    Get scales!

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