confused please help

First off, when you prepare your food, do you weight it, or just eyeball & use measuring cups? If you are not weighing it, it's possible you're eating more than you realize.

Second, where do you get the numbers from your calorie burns? If you aren't using a HRM, and just going off of what MFP or machines tell you, these numbers tend to be very inflated.

If you aren't getting your calorie burns from a heart rate monitor, and you aren't weighing food, I'm reluctant to tell you to eat more, because you could be waaaay off.

If you are doing those two things, and you aren't consistently under, I wouldn't worry about it. If you're always several hundred calories under, I would suggest upping it a little by adding more calorie dense foods to your diet.


EDIT: By looking at your diary, you're not even close to meeting your macros (fat & protein). You might want to consider that in the future. You have those macro nutrient goals for a reason.

ok i am new to logging for calories.. i follow eat to live and eat nutrient dense foods.. my logs are open.. i log every bite i eat.

1866 is my cal goal

i had 1122 today

i was completely satisfied not hungry at all..

now t tells me after exercise i have 744 calories left

i dont feel i need to eat anymore.

calorie counting is something i have never done just focused on whole foods. nothing processed.i make all my own foods so i hope im doing this right.

You don't always have to eat all of your calories, but you should avoid going under 1200. You're at 1122, so you're probably fine in reality but you might want to have a little snack or something. Make sure you are being accurate with your counting, though.