Why I can not complete food diary if my total calories are low for a certain day????

Tarek_81
Tarek_81 Posts: 9 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Why MyFitnessPal does not allow users to complete their daily food diary when total daily calories are low like 1000 calories !!!!!!!!
Please MyFitnessPal fix this issue , I am fat not anorexic I just want to eat 1000 calorie today ,because on other days I usually eat 3000 calories and surprisingly I am able to complete the diary.

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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,337 Member
    No need to. All you get is the "if every day were like this..." prediction, and like you've said, not every day is like that day, so it doesn't matter at all.
  • Tarek_81
    Tarek_81 Posts: 9 Member
    edited June 2017
    I want to share my bad food decisions in diary with my friends and family, I think I can not share until daily dairy is complete.Am I right?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    tareqw1981 wrote: »
    I want to share my food diary with my friends and family, I think I can not share until daily dairy is complete.Am I right?

    So type on your news feed 'I've completed my diary for the day' then your pals will know...
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    I haven't closed my diary off for years
  • Tarek_81
    Tarek_81 Posts: 9 Member
    edited June 2017
    Thanks guys , it appears my friends can see my diary even if it is not completed.
    I will never hit complete button again :smile:
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    tareqw1981 wrote: »
    I want to share my food diary with my friends and family, I think I can not share until daily dairy is complete.Am I right?

    So type on your news feed 'I've completed my diary for the day' then your pals will know...

    ^^^This. And they can still look in your diary to see what you ate.
  • FireTurtle75
    FireTurtle75 Posts: 2,014 Member
    edited June 2017
    You probably could just do a quick add the missing calories with nothing attached or label it as "X" amount of calories of air, just so you can close the entry. Cheat the system.
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    Lillymoo01 wrote: »
    I would think it can't be done because for the vast majority of the population a calorie intake this low would be considered unhealthy and this app does not want to promote unhealthy lifestyle choices in any way shape or form.

    Exactly. They don't want to promote undereating, so they discourage it by not letting you complete. I don't usually have that issue, lol, but a couple times I wasn't feeling great, and hsd to just end eithout being complete
  • Bradley_J84
    Bradley_J84 Posts: 110 Member
    Complete it with the quick add then delete it right away
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,140 Member
    tareqw1981 wrote: »
    I want to share my bad food decisions in diary with my friends and family, I think I can not share until daily dairy is complete.Am I right?

    If your diary is open to friends they can view it whenever they want from your profile, they don't have to wait until the diary is completed for the day.
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    um, so everyone's giving advice and no-one is at all concerned that an overweight, apparently MALE user is trying to eat 1000 calories a day?!

    Please eat more, OP. Eating that little is dangerous.
  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,080 Member
    edited June 2017
    misskarne wrote: »
    um, so everyone's giving advice and no-one is at all concerned that an overweight, apparently MALE user is trying to eat 1000 calories a day?!

    Please eat more, OP. Eating that little is dangerous.

    I sort of agree with this, this has eating disorder written all over it. Been there, done that, came here to make healthy decisions.

    OP are you getting help with this (counselling, etc)?

  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited June 2017
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  • neogramps
    neogramps Posts: 79 Member
    Could be doing something similar to 5/2 IF where it's part of the program is having 2 fast days where you only eat 600-1000 calories a day. This is a fairly common program and so the OP's behaviour is not unusual.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    nexangelus wrote: »
    misskarne wrote: »
    um, so everyone's giving advice and no-one is at all concerned that an overweight, apparently MALE user is trying to eat 1000 calories a day?!

    Please eat more, OP. Eating that little is dangerous.

    I sort of agree with this, this has eating disorder written all over it. Been there, done that, came here to make healthy decisions.

    OP are you getting help with this (counselling, etc)?

    Read the post above yours. :)
  • amyepdx
    amyepdx Posts: 750 Member
    tareqw1981 wrote: »
    I want to share my bad food decisions in diary with my friends and family, I think I can not share until daily dairy is complete.Am I right?

    This is the real red flag...
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    Don't know why it matters. I never click the complete button.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,140 Member
    edited June 2017
    amyepdx wrote: »
    tareqw1981 wrote: »
    I want to share my bad food decisions in diary with my friends and family, I think I can not share until daily dairy is complete.Am I right?

    This is the real red flag...

    Why is that a red flag? I don't know about you but accountability is one of the biggest motivators I've had, which made the difference between sticking at it long term this time and just ending up in the same yo-yo cycle.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    I've had a few days where I can't close it off. Bugs me but it isn't the end of the world.

    Lots of reasons to not hit your limit in a day that don't require hand-wringing. Most of mine are after a night out when I overate/drank and take it easy the following days. I've got 3 or 4 of these since September, and a couple of sick days. See no reason to jump to the ED conclusion so quickly.
  • oat_bran
    oat_bran Posts: 370 Member
    What's the pount of completing the diary anyway? I've never used it and I can still.track my intake normally? Does completing it change anything?
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    oat_bran wrote: »
    What's the pount of completing the diary anyway? I've never used it and I can still.track my intake normally? Does completing it change anything?

    Nope, just does some very basic maths and posts an automated message to your news feed if you have that enabled.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited June 2017
    oat_bran wrote: »
    What's the pount of completing the diary anyway? I've never used it and I can still.track my intake normally? Does completing it change anything?

    Nope. I'd say if you are freaking out that you can't get the message about loss in 5 weeks if you eat only 800 calories per day then that's a red flag. If you just want to make sure you keep up your streak and the food you logged saved, no worries (the streak is just about checking in, not even logging, and the food saves regardless).

    OP, I never close out, or at least do so rarely. I forget. (Or if I have a rare low day where it wouldn't let me, I don't even try to.) Sounds like you are good.
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