How to complete a day under calorie?

jchiar2014
jchiar2014 Posts: 15 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
why can't you complete a day under calories? Seems silly.

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  • bcschulz
    bcschulz Posts: 95 Member
    Well I'm a fatty. So I find it pretty easy.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    You can, but if you're too low then MFP is concerned you aren't getting enough nutrients (under 1200 for women/1500 for men). You should be aiming to hit your calorie goal.
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  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    I do it almost every day. I think it depends on what your calorie goal is. If you are set for 1200 then you are not allowed to go below that because it isn't healthy for any adult to d so. MFP discourages dangerous and unhealthy habits which is as it should be.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    edited June 2015
    Sounds like you're trying to undereat. MFP frowns on that. You don't have to push the compete button ever though - but if you want the little 5 week prediction and post to your timeline you're going to have to eat the minimum required calories.
  • Missy022014
    Missy022014 Posts: 86 Member
    You can complete under calories but not too far under. My allotment is 1400 per day, if I eat under 1000 it won't let me complete it out.
  • ohmscheeks
    ohmscheeks Posts: 840 Member
    edited June 2015
    Ha, I saw that today too. It "completes" it, but it doesn't make a post on your News Feed. It does seem strange as over-eating can be just as unhealthy as under-eating (a 5,000 calorie day posts just fine). But, eh no biggie. :)
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    Please see this article, and many other helpful articles, on the MFP Help pages...
    myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/314052-how-does-the-%22complete-this-entry%22-or-%22finish-logging-for-today%22-feature-work-
  • RobertDupuy
    RobertDupuy Posts: 48 Member
    I just log that I ate more than I did. My real calories might be 1000 or so. It's fine MFP means well but is wrong. Humans don't have to eat the same amount constantly, we are built for feast and famine
  • RobertDupuy
    RobertDupuy Posts: 48 Member
    Btw, what is the upper cut off where they won't post for eating too much? Because eating 1000 calories for a single day is such an acute issue but eating 20,000 is fine right. Lol. Let people log the truth :smile: 2/3rds of Americans are overweight or obese only two percent are underweight. I understand we are talking specifically under eating during a diet to lose weight but they aren't flagging a long term trend but flagging a single day and that is silly and not backed by the studies they cite
  • jchiar2014
    jchiar2014 Posts: 15 Member
    CyberTone wrote: »
    Please see this article, and many other helpful articles, on the MFP Help pages...
    myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/314052-how-does-the-%22complete-this-entry%22-or-%22finish-logging-for-today%22-feature-work-


    Thanks the explanation
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