Anyone else find themselves consistently under the calorie goal?

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  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited September 2015
    Orphia wrote: »
    jamielynette1 wrote: »
    I feel like I eat so much all day, logging in everything accordingly, but I always fall short!! Sometimes I feel like I should eat something just to fill it up, but I'm not even hungry. Do you have a go to snack when you're trying to reach your goal? Or do you just not worry about it? Thanks!

    If you're not falling short, you're over your limit, which is what we're all trying not to do. :smile:

    I've been under every single day for 144 days, and have lost 17 kg.

    What's very important is not to be too far under. The person who eats the most and stays under wins.

    My biggest lesson is learning to eat back most of my exercise calories!

    ^^ this
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    I'm starting a new approach.

    I'm on 1500 calories per day (I LOVE being able to eat this amount and still lose weight! Goodbye 1200!) and I find myself being 50 under on some days, 60 under on others, 20 under on others. From now on, I'm going to add up the amount of calories I've gone under from Monday-Friday and use the banked calories at the weekend for a treat. Yay! :D
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    I'm starting a new approach.

    I'm on 1500 calories per day (I LOVE being able to eat this amount and still lose weight! Goodbye 1200!) and I find myself being 50 under on some days, 60 under on others, 20 under on others. From now on, I'm going to add up the amount of calories I've gone under from Monday-Friday and use the banked calories at the weekend for a treat. Yay! :D

    Go, @PinkPixiexox ! Good luck!
  • Steve4239
    Steve4239 Posts: 62 Member
    on average i come in at around 15% under my goal each day but as i'm loosing weight i just count it as a bonus. it comes in each week as under goal by 1000-1200 calories. so as long as i'm not too hungry in the evening then i don't eat after my last meal. As for scales i log accurately because if you scan the box on cereal you would be incredibly surprised what 30 - 40 grams of food is. if anything i overestimate my food and try to leave a small amount at the end of a meal to allow for calorie inaccuracy.
  • Steve4239
    Steve4239 Posts: 62 Member
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    I'm starting a new approach.

    I'm on 1500 calories per day (I LOVE being able to eat this amount and still lose weight! Goodbye 1200!) and I find myself being 50 under on some days, 60 under on others, 20 under on others. From now on, I'm going to add up the amount of calories I've gone under from Monday-Friday and use the banked calories at the weekend for a treat. Yay! :D

    if you use the mobile app it will tell you how many you are under each week under nutrition calories under weekly goal
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    Steve4239 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    I'm starting a new approach.

    I'm on 1500 calories per day (I LOVE being able to eat this amount and still lose weight! Goodbye 1200!) and I find myself being 50 under on some days, 60 under on others, 20 under on others. From now on, I'm going to add up the amount of calories I've gone under from Monday-Friday and use the banked calories at the weekend for a treat. Yay! :D

    if you use the mobile app it will tell you how many you are under each week under nutrition calories under weekly goal

    Fantastic!!! Thank you so much for this!
  • timtakel
    timtakel Posts: 50 Member
    If you are way under your goal, it isn't your goal anymore, your goal will become to be under your goal. That's why I would lower it. I've set my goal to the lowest amount of calories I need to consume to stay healthy and not hungry. I'm often 10 - 50kcals over it, that's ok. If you are constantly 100kcal or more over your goal, set is higher again. Over time you will find the perfect goal for you. Also you don't need to have the same goal everyday. After I learned that I can't keep my goal at weekends, I raised it only for Friday and Saturday.
  • Monklady123
    Monklady123 Posts: 512 Member
    Well, yesterday I was under by about 500 calories. But -- that's because I wasn't feeling well at all. :p If it was like that day after day then I'd have a problem -- Otherwise it doesn't happen often, and I always figure I've miscounted something. For example I don't usually measure my coffee creamer anymore. At the beginning I did so that I could see how much I needed to get the coffee as light as I like. Now I just splash the creamer in without measuring. Not the best idea obviously but in the morning I'm seriously lazy and want that coffee RIGHT NOW! lolol. But, I'm sure it's more calories than I'm putting into my tracker, so if I'm under by 100 calories or so at the end of the day I just figure it covers the creamer. Otherwise I measure and weigh everything.

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