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Goal setting bug?

gramonman
gramonman Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all,

I've been using MFP for almost 2 weeks now and I set up my goal to lose 1kg a week. So MFP told me that I should eat 1350 calories for that to happen. This morning I noticed it changed to 1920 calories. I checked my settings and 1kg a week is still there. Is this a bug or am I missing something?

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  • irejuvenateme
    irejuvenateme Posts: 96 Member
    Ditto that - something weird is going on - this happened before too - it is saying I have more calories than I should left even though I have not exercised today.
    I have seen this issue on and off for a couple weeks now.
    One time I went in and the goals had changed to having me gain .5 pounds a week and I never made the setting!
    You can probably turn off having the exercise calories factored in if that is causing the bug but I don't really know what is the problem as this never used to happen.
  • gramonman
    gramonman Posts: 4 Member
    Yeah, probably a bug. I changed it to 0.5kg/week, updated and then changed it back to 1kg/week and it works fine now.
  • barbecuesauce
    barbecuesauce Posts: 1,771 Member
    gramonman wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I've been using MFP for almost 2 weeks now and I set up my goal to lose 1kg a week. So MFP told me that I should eat 1350 calories for that to happen. This morning I noticed it changed to 1920 calories. I checked my settings and 1kg a week is still there. Is this a bug or am I missing something?

    You're a male. Why is it tell you to eat below 1500??
  • Lizrobin3108
    Lizrobin3108 Posts: 102 Member
    I noticed that my marco goals are of. Under the goals tab it shows to eat 107g of protein but under the nutrition tab it shows 60g.....
  • gramonman
    gramonman Posts: 4 Member
    barbecuesauce wrote: »
    You're a male. Why is it tell you to eat below 1500??
    From my understanding, 1kg = 7700 calories, so if my goal is set to 1kg/week, I need a calorie deficit of 1100calories/day. My normal day activity level is 2450 calories, so subtracting 1100 results 1350 calories/day.


  • barbecuesauce
    barbecuesauce Posts: 1,771 Member
    gramonman wrote: »
    barbecuesauce wrote: »
    You're a male. Why is it tell you to eat below 1500??
    From my understanding, 1kg = 7700 calories, so if my goal is set to 1kg/week, I need a calorie deficit of 1100calories/day. My normal day activity level is 2450 calories, so subtracting 1100 results 1350 calories/day.


    I understand the math. But there is a point when it is unsafe to pursue that level of weight loss. Men should not eat below 1500 calories.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    I'm a 5'7 woman and I maintain 136-8 lbs on 2000-2200 calories.

    Eat more!

    There apparently was a bug that previously allowed people to set inappropriate goals (under the recommended guidelines). I guess it's been fixed. 1920 is a good idea, better than 1500, that's for sure
  • gramonman
    gramonman Posts: 4 Member
    Don't worry, I eat more than 1500 because I ride my bike every day and eat back all the calories.
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