I'm consistently under my weekly calorie total!

Dimelzaa
Dimelzaa Posts: 2
edited February 23 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi I'm new to the forums and just wondered if anyone could advise me. I've been calorie counting plus exercise for about a month but MFP adds so many calories when I exercise that over a week I can be 2000 calories under my goal. Aiming for 1400/day to lose 1lb per week.
Should I try to use every calorie - it seems crazy to me to do this, but wondering if I'm under eating - no huge weight loss but clothes all loose so I'm guessing the scales are faulty?!
Many thanks

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  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    Most of us recommend eating only about half the calories you burn back. This is because many calculators over estimate burn significantly.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Hi I'm new to the forums and just wondered if anyone could advise me. I've been calorie counting plus exercise for about a month but MFP adds so many calories when I exercise that over a week I can be 2000 calories under my goal. Aiming for 1400/day to lose 1lb per week.
    Should I try to use every calorie - it seems crazy to me to do this, but wondering if I'm under eating - no huge weight loss but clothes all loose so I'm guessing the scales are faulty?!
    Many thanks
    It depends. As Dana said, calories on MFP tend to be overestimated. It has been my experience that calories are overestimated on gym machines and internet calculators. What has worked best for me is buying a heart rate monitor, which renders calorie estimations anywhere from 100 to 250 calories less than MFP and gym machines. Figuring it all out takes some trial and error. Good luck.
  • Dimelzaa
    Dimelzaa Posts: 2
    Thank you both - I always skim some off anyway so bodycombat I say 500 not 662 etc I'm considering a monitor as I love figures and gadgets so yet another thing to become obsessed with! I can tell you the calorie content of most things I eat lately - rather sad!!
  • cingle87
    cingle87 Posts: 717 Member
    Only eat 50-60% of them back, this gives you wiggle room for overestimates of food intake and calorie burns
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