MFP yells at me saying I am under the 1200 calorie minimum when I am over it.
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jweidner33
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If I finish my day (on a day I don't work out) close to, but over the net 1200 rule MFP will tell me to stop being dumb and eat more. Just yesterday I finished around 1350 and it yelled at me. anyone else see this? I couldn't find anything about it on the tech support forums. I don't like when it yells at me
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Yell back.0
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Probably because you're a dude eating like a 90 year old 5'nothing female.0
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First off, 1200 is wayyyy to low, especially for an active man.
Second, YES! I used to hate it when it yelled at me so now I have my calorie limit set way high so I can never go over, yay!! I still stay within my range though.
It does, however, yell at me when I am too low.0 -
you are a 38 year old male....."stop being dumb and eat more!"0
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I don't see how you can even survive on 1200 to 1350 cals.0
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Dude...1200 can be any given lunch for me!-1
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Yo,up that calorie count. You should figure out your TDEE and then just subtract 15% from that if you're interested in losing fat. Going low like that is going to eat away at your lean mass and slow your metabolism. Probably don't care to hear any of this, but figured I'd tell you anyway. 1300 is too low for active people, especially men.0
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Isn't it like 1500 min for men and 1200 for women? I bet that's why.
You shouldn't be eating that little. I'd kill someone if I was that low.0 -
If you are exercising you should be eating those cals back if you are following MFP, that said you should be eating much more than 1200 net as a man. With only 12lbs to lose your goal should be in the area of 0.5lbs/week. A deficit of 200-350 cals should be a good amount, which I am sure would put you at 1700+ Net Calories0
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If only it could slap you across the face for eating so little, because that's what you need. Newsflash, dude, you need to eat more.0
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I am part of a bariatric support group and after surgery, it is hard to eat enough. Some post-surgery patients get very bad side-effects if they are not able to eat at least 1200 calories a day, and a good percentage has to be protein. We're talking hair falling out as the least serious. So eat enough already!0
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That's weird, I closed out yesterday at 1,018 (I was soooooo tired I fell asleep before I could finish eating LOL!! It's ok I had a 3,000+ day the day before so not like I am starving myself) and it didn't yell at me.
I guess it lets the ladies by with lower amounts? Or are you actually NETTING less than 1200 calories?
Either way yeah what everyone else said- eat more! The weight will still come off if you eat proper amounts.0 -
You didn't gain weight overnight.....so stop trying to lose it overnight.
Healthy weight loss is (mostly) fat loss. You are male your body needs more fuel to support existing lean muscle.0 -
It's telling you you aren't eating enough. You aren't. You need more food than that to keep your brain and body working.0
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Looks like you got more than just the program telling you to eat more! I agree, as a 5'2" 41y/o female I can lose eating 1800-2000 on active days. There is no reason to be eating so low, unless there are medical conditions which impact this. If that is the case, you should be medically supervised while losing weight (depending on the condition, but if you are eating that low, you need to be sure you are getting enough nutrition to support a healthy body). Just my additional 2cents.0
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I'm a 5'1 30 something year old female and I can't exist on 1200 calories or less... I would eat my freaking arm off...
But I agree... just don't hit complete entry if you don't want to get yelled at for not eating enough.0 -
hortensehildegarde wrote: »That's weird, I closed out yesterday at 1,018 (I was soooooo tired I fell asleep before I could finish eating LOL!! It's ok I had a 3,000+ day the day before so not like I am starving myself) and it didn't yell at me.
I guess it lets the ladies by with lower amounts? Or are you actually NETTING less than 1200 calories?
Either way yeah what everyone else said- eat more! The weight will still come off if you eat proper amounts.
The threshold for ladies is 1,000.0
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