Net calorie consistency - are you hitting your target?

taso42_DELETED
taso42_DELETED Posts: 3,394 Member
edited September 26 in Food and Nutrition
This is a little bit of a NSV for me, and a little bit of bragging rights. Yesterday somebody posted a topic calling for people to post a screenshot of their net calorie intake. For whatever reason, that topic never really took off; only a few people replied. I ran my report for the past 90 days, and I was pleased to see a very consistent pattern, with my planned free days visible as well.

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How consistent are you with your net calories? I encourage everybody to look at their report and see. (Reports -> Nutrition -> Net Calories). All the bars should about the same height., unless you are doing calorie zig-zagging or intermittent fasting (but even then, there should be a noticeable pattern that emerges).

Are you getting the results you are after? If the answer is no, then maybe you are not being very diligent with your calorie target. We should aim to hit this every day as closely as possible (a little over or a little under is fine). If you're not hitting your calorie target then just what exactly are you trying to accomplish here?

If you are one of the people who rarely or never hit their target, then perhaps your target is too low or high for your metabolism and activity level. If that is the case, then change your target and start hitting it! Make a plan and work you plan! Only then can you compare your real-world results with the plan and see whether your numbers are dialed in or not.
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  • crazymama2two
    crazymama2two Posts: 867
    *running to do that RIGHT NOW* i saw that thread yesterday but didnt get into it...for whatever reason i listen to you before anyone else :) *disclaimer* thats' not an *kitten*-kissing - that is just cause i see your results :)
  • crazymama2two
    crazymama2two Posts: 867
    now i think i suck after looking at mine...i should be ashamed...altho its not horribly all over the place, it doesnt look like yours...
  • EZGruv
    EZGruv Posts: 215 Member
    This site has reports? lol

    Nice consistency buddy!
  • ♥_Ellybean_♥
    ♥_Ellybean_♥ Posts: 1,646 Member
    :ohwell: yea mine are up down, up down, up down.. kind of makes me dizzy :huh:
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    hehe, if I logged my food every day I'd be able to show, but alas, no I never hit my 2650 NET, stupid workouts. It's HARD to eat 3100 calories and be healthy! Trust me. I'm usually about 100 to 200 below, but I'm working on that.
  • stepherjensen
    stepherjensen Posts: 49 Member
    Thanks for posting this - I didn't realize I could do this...mine are a little crazy, but not totally insane. WHOOT! :)
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    Good Job Taso, I don't log food everyday so mine is all over the place.
  • rydn4h2o
    rydn4h2o Posts: 255
    bump
  • ItsTerriC
    ItsTerriC Posts: 436 Member
    I saw the thread yesterday, checked my report and was shocked. I knew I hadn't been as consistent as I should be, but I thought I had done better than I did. It looks like I was zig-zagging my calories, but so broadly that it was just wild. No wonder my progress has stalled. I wouldn't post my report, but it did give me a wake up call.
  • ItsTerriC
    ItsTerriC Posts: 436 Member
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  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
    Eh, I just started doing incorporating eating correctly recently, but it's *somewhat* consistent.. I experimented with cycling calories, allotting for the amount of calories burned each day...but mine looks like this

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  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
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    I am aiming for a net of about 1600 a day. You can clearly see the days where I just didn't log at all, and my naughty binge days are quite obvious. There are a few real low ones, but all the rest are pretty close!
  • callipygianchronicle
    callipygianchronicle Posts: 811 Member
    I'll play:

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    I don't have an HRM, so I tend to leave a 200 calorie margin-of-error. But, I am losing less-than a pound a week. So, I think some adjustment may be needed. Which way? I'm not sure.
  • runningneo122
    runningneo122 Posts: 6,962 Member
    Mine is real even except for my spike days.
  • wewon
    wewon Posts: 838 Member
    My goodness Taso, you're a machine!!
  • taiyola
    taiyola Posts: 964 Member
    Holy **** - mine's like a rollercoaster!!
  • rachmaree
    rachmaree Posts: 782 Member
    Taso you are amazing! Actually, I didn't know I could do this, have just had a look... not too bad, but will definitely try to be more consistent.
  • wewon
    wewon Posts: 838 Member
    Holy **** - mine's like a rollercoaster!!

    LOL!

    Mine too.

    Actually, with the exception of this week I was falling short. And Saturday was always a pain for me since it's my long run and its really tough to get those calories back.
  • PoleBoy
    PoleBoy Posts: 255 Member
    I posted min just a couple of days ago

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  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    Mmmmm, yes I do pretty well. The beginning of this graph is the tail end of my planned 1 week maintenance break (every three months). You see I had two other maintenance days, but very controlled.

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  • SMarie10
    SMarie10 Posts: 956 Member
    Although I'm glad MFP provides these reports, I think providing the results in a graph vs. excel spreadsheet type of document doesn't give a very good picture of your results. Because I'm a numbers person, I took my actual daily results and put them on a spreadsheet over the past month - I can really see where I did well - what time of month I was out on Vacation and not following my eating guidelines.
    It would be REALLY NICE is MFP provided the reports in such a way that they could be exported to a spreadsheet with the actual numbers - not just a bar on a graph.

    Anyway -Taso.... thanks for the reminder to check the reports.
  • taso42_DELETED
    taso42_DELETED Posts: 3,394 Member
    It would be REALLY NICE is MFP provided the reports in such a way that they could be exported to a spreadsheet with the actual numbers - not just a bar on a graph.

    TOTALLY AGREE (i even used all caps!)
  • helenium
    helenium Posts: 546 Member
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    About a week ago I upped my calories from 1200 to 1300 net. You can't even tell :(
    Mine is so uneven and often below where I should be. No wonder I'm on a plateau.

    Edit: Changed the graph so it's fully visible.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    I love MFPs reports - I often use it to get a picture of how my carbs, protein intake etc is. And I think it's much easier to see that at a glance on a bar chart than on a spreadsheet :smile:

    Net cals I don't look at cos I don't log all my exercise.
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    Holy shock.
    Mine was like positive/negative/positive/negative.
    That was intense.
  • reepobob
    reepobob Posts: 1,172 Member
    My 90 day report is almost a straight line of perfection (with one spike to take in the universe's best fried chicken)

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  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
    My 90 day report is almost a straight line of perfection (with one spike to take in the universe's best fried chicken)...Now, if I was just smart enought to copy/paste it into this damn thread, I could prove how f*****g awesome I am!

    Lol. Ctrl+Shift+Print Screen [saves screenshot] > Open Paint > go to Edit > Paste > select area to crop > Cut > open new file > Paste again > Save As... > upload to online database of photos > go back here > upload img file > ??? > Success.
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
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    I feel like I'm doing pretty well! I see why I had such trouble losing weight during the end of Feb and all thru March - I wasn't eating enough :wink:
  • Kirsty_UK
    Kirsty_UK Posts: 964 Member
    How do you get the graph of the net calories overlaying the calories eaten on the same graph?
  • reepobob
    reepobob Posts: 1,172 Member
    My 90 day report is almost a straight line of perfection (with one spike to take in the universe's best fried chicken)...Now, if I was just smart enought to copy/paste it into this damn thread, I could prove how f*****g awesome I am!

    Lol. Ctrl+Shift+Print Screen [saves screenshot] > Open Paint > go to Edit > Paste > select area to crop > Cut > open new file > Paste again > Save As... > upload to online database of photos > go back here > upload img file > ??? > Success.

    You're the man! Had issues with Photobucket...had to make the IMG and img in the link code...
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