How close to your calorie allowance do you get

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  • heatherlcarey426
    heatherlcarey426 Posts: 28 Member
    I am under throughout the week by around 200 and then over at the wkend by around 200-300. It balances out, just do my weigh on Fridays rather than Mondays!
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I'm all over the place with my set calories, but i always leave a few hundred calories in the green because i don't eat 100% of my exercise calories back.
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    Sometimes I'm over, sometimes I'm under--by as much as 400-500 calories in either direction. My target is 1650 (net). I'm generally pretty close to my weekly goal, although slightly over.

    Actually, that might be why my loss has slowed lately... The upswings have gotten higher but the downswings haven't gotten correspondingly lower...
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    edited August 2016
    My target calories are just over 1600/day, and I can't eat less than 1500/day without feeling miserable (unless I'm sick). So, I'm usually somewhere between 100 under and 200 over (which is still a 300 cal deficit) if I don't log any exercise. On special occasions, I'll eat close to maintenance (i.e. 500 cals "over") If I log exercise, I'm usually well under because I'll only eat some of it back. Yet I've been losing over a pound a week (7.5 pounds in just under a month) so I suspect I'm more active than the "lightly active" setting I chose. I don't log walking.
  • jennypapage
    jennypapage Posts: 489 Member
    i try to be 200-150 under. i have noticed than when i reach the exact amount, or go a bit over even for one day, i don't lose weight or lose very little.these 200 i leave untouched make sure to take care of any mistakes on the food weighing part.
  • Sirick86
    Sirick86 Posts: 23 Member
    Mine is 1500. I usually get around 1200-1600. Never over 1700 unless I go out and drink haha. Which is maybe once or twice a month.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    vesh17 wrote: »
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    In the beginning I would often be at my goal or about 100 calories over my goal and then add exercise. I did okay.
    Now I'm closer to a healthy weight and my calorie goal is 1200. I don't really want to eat below 1200. I can't exercise as much right now so I stick closer to that... so I try to get 1200 or just 50 over or under.

    I can't imagine eating 1200 calories per day...I'd be dying lol. You must be small.

    I know its size, sex, etc specific, but when I hear 1200 I'm just shocked. I eat 2200 and I feel ok, but below 2000 I'd be a mess.ha

    Yes I get by on less food and am not dying. It is not always easy to have a lower calorie goal. It takes some planning. It would be easy to eat much more- and that is how I gained weight. I am a 5'4" 150 lb sedentary 42 year old woman. If you were also you wouldn't need to eat as much. I try to look at the positive side like how much less I spend on food.
    I'm shocked sometimes when people complain they can't eat 1200 calories or people who say they get to eat more than 2000 calories but go over their goal.
  • FLBeachluvr
    FLBeachluvr Posts: 110 Member
    Honestly most days I am under except on the weekends. On the weekends I do exercise more to make up for the extra calories. I'm losing about 1 lb. per week.
  • lmmilbert
    lmmilbert Posts: 15 Member
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    vesh17 wrote: »
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    In the beginning I would often be at my goal or about 100 calories over my goal and then add exercise. I did okay.
    Now I'm closer to a healthy weight and my calorie goal is 1200. I don't really want to eat below 1200. I can't exercise as much right now so I stick closer to that... so I try to get 1200 or just 50 over or under.

    I can't imagine eating 1200 calories per day...I'd be dying lol. You must be small.

    I know its size, sex, etc specific, but when I hear 1200 I'm just shocked. I eat 2200 and I feel ok, but below 2000 I'd be a mess.ha

    Yes I get by on less food and am not dying. It is not always easy to have a lower calorie goal. It takes some planning. It would be easy to eat much more- and that is how I gained weight. I am a 5'4" 150 lb sedentary 42 year old woman. If you were also you wouldn't need to eat as much. I try to look at the positive side like how much less I spend on food.
    I'm shocked sometimes when people complain they can't eat 1200 calories or people who say they get to eat more than 2000 calories but go over their goal.

    I'm also 5'4 and 43 years old. I started out at 150 and have lost 6 pounds since Aug 1. However, my lowest intake is 1400 calories. On the days I work out (usually 4-5 days) I eat back all my exercise calories and have still managed to lose. Have you lost any weight with eating so little?
  • nickisa28
    nickisa28 Posts: 116 Member
    Work out days I normally end up being 200-100 under exept on cheat days...I always workout on cheat days so I do feel as bad but eat all my calories back and may go over by about 20 at the most. Non workout days tend to see me eat all my allowance. The only days I've gone over by more than 50 was at celebrations. My sister in laws birthday-117 over and a barbecue at mine-127 over. They were non workout days though so if I'd just done a quick 20 minutes I would have been fine *mentally kicks myself*
  • FLBeachluvr
    FLBeachluvr Posts: 110 Member
    lmmilbert wrote: »
    I'm also 5'4 and 43 years old. I started out at 150 and have lost 6 pounds since Aug 1. However, my lowest intake is 1400 calories. On the days I work out (usually 4-5 days) I eat back all my exercise calories and have still managed to lose. Have you lost any weight with eating so little?

    "Work out" can mean many different things with vastly different calorie burns. For some "working out" could mean a walk for 30 minutes, for others it could mean jogging 10 miles.

  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    I'm within 100 calories on the weekdays. On the weekends, I just try to stay within maintenance calories, which is over my daily goal by about 300.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,331 Member
    spitapot81 wrote: »
    This is interesting, most of you try to stick pretty close to target.

    I think I am too strict and normally stay about 250 under. I think maybe I should allow myself a few little extras to get closer to my allowance

    Your calorie allowance is your goal, it is not something you should seek to go below unless you know your logging is sloppy.
  • adamyovanovich
    adamyovanovich Posts: 163 Member
    I always stay under my goal of 2000, but make sure i eat at least 1750. I have went over twice due to some big family meals, but then i would go take a 30 minute walk afterwards to make up for it.
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 427 Member
    Fifty above or below is fine with me
  • brittalexmoore
    brittalexmoore Posts: 15 Member
    I try to never go over. If I really want something but it'll take me over, I just won't eat it. It's hard but I'll feel really bad even if I go over by just 2 calories. My calorie goal is 1,440 and I usually hit 1,350.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,324 Member
    I try to stay under a few hundred because i know i'm not perfect on measuring and worry if exercise calories are overestimated.
  • Fitgirllife72
    Fitgirllife72 Posts: 500 Member
    tamatisk wrote: »
    Usually 100-200 calories below but it acts as a buffer in case my measurements are wrong. Occasionally over if I've had to eat out.

    This for me too

  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
    edited August 2016
    Whoever eats the most and still loses weight wins. As my logging has gotten precise, I've learned to trust MFP and the calorie goal.

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