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Avoid calorie goal?

PsychoPunchx
PsychoPunchx Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Am I supposed to avoid going over my calorie goal? Or can I meet it?

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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,806 Member
    It's a goal, not a limit. The idea is to eat at it, not below it.
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,574 Member
    Yes you can meet it. I was within 2 calories of my goal today LOL
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Aim to meet it.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,169 Member
    You are supposed to eat up to your calorie allowance, and don't worry if you go a little over it either, the allowance already has your deficit for weight loss taken off.

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited January 2018
    goal
    ɡōl/Submit
    noun
    1.
    (in football, soccer, rugby, hockey, and some other games) a pair of posts linked by a crossbar and often with a net attached behind it, forming a space into or over which the ball has to be sent in order to score.
    2.
    the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result.
    "going to law school has become the most important goal in his life"
    synonyms: objective, aim, end, target, design, intention, intent, plan, purpose...

    It's a goal...
  • Aw0627
    Aw0627 Posts: 82 Member
    edited January 2018
    I do the same, I like to be a little under because I feel like everything is just an estimate, so no matter how much I weigh and measure my food I don't think it's the exact amount of calories, so I feel better leaving a little room for the possible difference. If I make it all the way to my goal I usually add an extra 100 quick add calories to make up for the possible difference, and I'm pretty sure I'm being a bit obsessive.
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