Question about my daily calorie needs

I am not sure, but it may be that your Goal for the day is 1350 and what you actually ate was 1951. In any case 1350 is really low caloric goal, and while it may produce results quickly, the results may not last long.

If I could give some insight, if you are currently eating 1951 or averaging around this much for you "normal" caloric intake, it may be a better plan of action to reduce this by maybe 100 to 200 cals daily to begin with and see if it has any affect. You want to be able to diet on as many calories as possible in order to lose weight. This way you are able to lose weight without "damaging" your metabolism, which in turn can prevent the "rebound effect" where people fail to keep the weight off, and end up putting all the weight back on, plus more.

For more information about this topic do a search for metabolic adaptation if you this is something that may be new to you.

Good Luck!

Marc Santos
"Happiness must be cultivated, not pursued."

Thanks I'll try that! Everytime I logged an exercise my calories went up for some reason.

Yes, MFP is designed to give you a lower calorie goal than other calculators do with the assumption that you'll log your exercise and eat back some of those extra calories you earn. I'll add a caveat, though. If you're relying on MFP's estimates or a gym machine readout, those tend to overestimate the calories you burn doing certain activities. You may want to eat only 50-75% of the extra exercise calories to account for that.

More info: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/818082-exercise-calories-again-wtf

Thanks I'll try that! Everytime I logged an exercise my calories went up for some reason.

Yes - MFP calculated 1350 for you BEFORE exercise. That way people who can't/won't exercise still lose weight. MFP expects you to eat exercise calories back because with out it, you deficit is really large. Think of extra calories as fuel for your workouts.

HOWEVER.....MFP uses estimates for calorie burns. These estimates are "generous".....so many MFP users will eat a portion back....say 50-75%

If you eat 1350 and exercise for 600 ....that's like giving your body 750 total calories to work with.....think heart, lungs, kidneys, etc. This is extremely low. Your body can get some fuel from fat....but it can also take it from lean muscle. You need to eat enough to lose "just fat."