Program yelling at me for eating too little

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  • planetfatty
    planetfatty Posts: 28 Member
    To be fair, you posted on a public forum filled with people who, for the most part, take their health - or at least their calorie intake - pretty seriously. Most people aren't going to be like, "here's a way around that - keep doing what you're doing" because they understand that consistent inadequate calories isn't something to encourage. If it's not a regular occurrence and the under days are balanced out by over days, it would make sense to mention that in the original post.
  • VickyObe
    VickyObe Posts: 15 Member
    You could use the quick add calories(I plug in snacks) to use as a plug. It doesn't adjust the protein carbs and fat so your charts stay the same/accurate it just changes calories consumed. I do this to partially offset my exercise since I don't want to eat back all of my calories. I do know it let's you not eat back your calories but if I see I have calories remaining I eat them;) I'm very sedentary at work so part of my exercise is used to offset a normal persons mobility in the day. (I'm lucky if I log 600-700 steps in a 9 hour work day)
  • Puravidablonde
    Puravidablonde Posts: 65 Member
    planetfatty wrote: »
    To be fair, you posted on a public forum filled with people who, for the most part, take their health - or at least their calorie intake - pretty seriously. Most people aren't going to be like, "here's a way around that - keep doing what you're doing" because they understand that consistent inadequate calories isn't something to encourage. If it's not a regular occurrence and the under days are balanced out by over days, it would make sense to mention that in the original post.

    I'll keep that in mind to post my entire life story every time I ask a question on here lol. Seriously though, my husband and I were talking about this the other day. When i ask my clients a question at the office, they tend to answer the question and twenty others I didn't even ask. What is with people answering things that were not asked? Is this the new societal norm? I tend to not give advice unless it's asked specifically for. Like if someone posted they got sick from eating meat and wondered why, I would not post haha you should be a vegetarian, or you should not be earing meat at all. I would suggest perhaps the way it was cooked, where it was obtained from, etc.

    Anyway, I answered my question a long time ago. That day I went under, the site did save the entry even thou I was not allowed To hit thier save button. No biggie at all.
  • Puravidablonde
    Puravidablonde Posts: 65 Member
    victoriaschantz wrote: »
    You could use the quick add calories(I plug in snacks) to use as a plug. It doesn't adjust the protein carbs and fat so your charts stay the same/accurate it just changes calories consumed. I do this to partially offset my exercise since I don't want to eat back all of my calories. I do know it let's you not eat back your calories but if I see I have calories remaining I eat them;) I'm very sedentary at work so part of my exercise is used to offset a normal persons mobility in the day. (I'm lucky if I log 600-700 steps in a 9 hour work day)

    Thanks so much for the help! I haven't Been able to work out as I had surgery about three weeks ago but know the program is really going to hate me when I start running, hiking, and doing personal training again.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    loridz wrote: »
    victoriaschantz wrote: »
    You could use the quick add calories(I plug in snacks) to use as a plug. It doesn't adjust the protein carbs and fat so your charts stay the same/accurate it just changes calories consumed. I do this to partially offset my exercise since I don't want to eat back all of my calories. I do know it let's you not eat back your calories but if I see I have calories remaining I eat them;) I'm very sedentary at work so part of my exercise is used to offset a normal persons mobility in the day. (I'm lucky if I log 600-700 steps in a 9 hour work day)

    Thanks so much for the help! I haven't Been able to work out as I had surgery about three weeks ago but know the program is really going to hate me when I start running, hiking, and doing personal training again.

    Why would it hate you? I thought this was a one time occurrence not a planned regular event to under eat, especially when you are exercising strenuously?
  • planetfatty
    planetfatty Posts: 28 Member
    It's hardly posting your life story to mention that eating under your recommended calories isn't an every day regular thing, but ok. I don't understand being defensive when people were trying to be helpful and benefit you.
  • LisaKay91
    LisaKay91 Posts: 211 Member
    Thanks so much for the help! I haven't Been able to work out as I had surgery about three weeks ago but know the program is really going to hate me when I start running, hiking, and doing personal training again.


    As long as my gross calories are 1000+ it saves even with a lower net due to exercise. If I ate 1200 and exercised 800 for a net of 400 it would still spit out a projected weight loss for 5 weeks from now. The number is absurd and I don't pay attention to that message to begin with. If you go through calculations of TDEE/BMR and accurately track you can get a good idea of how much weight you will lose by a certain date without this app telling you it.

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