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ursking · May 2018

I am not posting daily, but now and then, I like to check the nutrition and calories I consume. I weigh approximately 172 and am registered to consume 1100 daily. Yesterday I had a very bad day and consumed 1,463 calories, to which MyFitnessPal's end of day comment was: "If you'd eat like this every day, you'd weigh 170.6 in 5 weeks." Whaaaaat???!!!

4legsRbetterthan2 · May 2018

SabotageinStilettos wrote: »

Mfp would never suggest or recommend you eating 1100 calories a day. It’s not safe.

They may have manually set their goal, but yeah, MFP does not give a goal below 1200.

OP, what exactly is your question?

also please read this:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

and consider reevaluating your calorie goal.

jjpptt2 · May 2018

I'm not sure I understand your question/problem.

Taking the numbers at face value, 1463 calories is still a calorie deficit for you, so you will still lose weight eating that much. Albeit rather slowly. 1100 calories is simply a more aggressive deficit for faster weight loss.

NovusDies · May 2018

ursking wrote: »

I am not posting daily, but now and then, I like to check the nutrition and calories I consume. I weigh approximately 172 and am registered to consume 1100 daily. Yesterday I had a very bad day and consumed 1,463 calories, to which MyFitnessPal's end of day comment was: "If you'd eat like this every day, you'd weigh 170.6 in 5 weeks." Whaaaaat???!!!

I believe the popular consensus here is that weight projections are nonsense. I would ignore it.

1100 is too low for someone at 172. You probably ate close to what you are supposed to eat yesterday which is why the projection still showed a loss even if it is not accurate.

malibu927 · May 2018

1463 is below your maintenance calories, so you were still in a deficit. And as everyone else has said, unless you’re smaller and older you shouldn’t be eating less than 1200 calories.

CarvedTones · May 2018

I think it also takes into account your history - how many calories you have been eating and how your weight has changed. I didn't always keep my weight up to date and I noticed when I would update the calculation changed (obviously it had to be lower because of the base weight, but it also seemed to be a bigger loss projected).

ursking · May 2018

Thank you all for your input. I'll keep on trying to schedule healthily. I aim at 1100 (I am only 5 feet) and usually end up around 1250 unless I schedule very severely. Anything over 1250 makes me gain, especially if some of those calories were found in ice cream.

collectingblues · May 2018

ursking wrote: »

Thank you all for your input. I'll keep on trying to schedule healthily. I aim at 1100 (I am only 5 feet) and usually end up around 1250 unless I schedule very severely. Anything over 1250 makes me gain, especially if some of those calories were found in ice cream.

Would you be willing to open your diary? 1250 shouldn't be making you gain, even at that height, and especially at your current weight.

Do you weigh and track *everything* that you eat?

ursula130 · May 2018

ursking wrote: »

I am not posting daily, but now and then, I like to check the nutrition and calories I consume. I weigh approximately 172 and am registered to consume 1100 daily. Yesterday I had a very bad day and consumed 1,463 calories, to which MyFitnessPal's end of day comment was: "If you'd eat like this every day, you'd weigh 170.6 in 5 weeks." Whaaaaat???!!!

Yeah, apparently those are just lose projections, I wouldn't worry too much about it. But yes, if you eat less than your TDEE you lose weight. Like magic but not.;)
ETA: don't listen to the long timers, some are jaded and I found a few that have support issues. Trust yourself.

1houndgal · May 2018

collectingblues wrote: »

ursking wrote: »

Thank you all for your input. I'll keep on trying to schedule healthily. I aim at 1100 (I am only 5 feet) and usually end up around 1250 unless I schedule very severely. Anything over 1250 makes me gain, especially if some of those calories were found in ice cream.

Would you be willing to open your diary? 1250 shouldn't be making you gain, even at that height, and especially at your current weight.

Do you weigh and track *everything* that you eat?

Or eat lots of sodium high foods? Processed foods and fast foods items to often are loaded with sodium.

AnvilHead · May 2018

ursula130 wrote: »

ursking wrote: »

I am not posting daily, but now and then, I like to check the nutrition and calories I consume. I weigh approximately 172 and am registered to consume 1100 daily. Yesterday I had a very bad day and consumed 1,463 calories, to which MyFitnessPal's end of day comment was: "If you'd eat like this every day, you'd weigh 170.6 in 5 weeks." Whaaaaat???!!!

Yeah, apparently those are just lose projections, I wouldn't worry too much about it. But yes, if you eat less than your TDEE you lose weight. Like magic but not.;)
ETA: don't listen to the long timers, some are jaded and I found a few that have support issues. Trust yourself.

Yes. Don't listen to the most experienced group, containing many members who have lost considerable amounts of weight, maintained those losses for years and figured out along the way what works and doesn't work.

I mean, if you were going to have your car worked on, you'd pick the kid in his first day of mechanic school over the master mechanic who's been doing the job for 40 years, right? Seems legit.

paperpudding · May 2018

If OP is trusting herself then she wouldnt need to post a question at all.

Since she has, the long term successful users probably do have some good answers, despite your insulting assumptions about them.

AnnPT77 · May 2018

ursula130 wrote: »

ursking wrote: »

I am not posting daily, but now and then, I like to check the nutrition and calories I consume. I weigh approximately 172 and am registered to consume 1100 daily. Yesterday I had a very bad day and consumed 1,463 calories, to which MyFitnessPal's end of day comment was: "If you'd eat like this every day, you'd weigh 170.6 in 5 weeks." Whaaaaat???!!!

Yeah, apparently those are just lose projections, I wouldn't worry too much about it. But yes, if you eat less than your TDEE you lose weight. Like magic but not.;)
ETA: don't listen to the long timers, some are jaded and I found a few that have support issues. Trust yourself.

Yeah, I've lost weight and have been maintaining a healthy weight for more than 2 years, but I just hang around here and spend my time misleading new people because I'm jaded and have support issues. SMH.

That said, while supporting the idea that most people - even some "elderly" smaller sedentary hypothyroid ones like me, at age 62, 5'5" - can eat more than 1200 accurately-logged net calories and lose weight, I'd add that MFP's 5-week weight projection is based on its estimates of your calorie needs, and your eating/exercise for just that one day besides, so the projection isn't very helpful.

If I figure it correctly, MFP apparently thinks that your current daily maintenance calories would be around 1603 (1463 + (((172-170.6 pound)/5 weeks) x roughly 3500 calories in a pound)/7 days). (Man, I hope I got those parentheses in the right places!

).

1603 to maintain 172 pounds doesn't seem that crazy, frankly. If you're currently truly eating an average of 1100 calories, and are currently losing an average of around a pound weekly (over a several week averaging period), then the 1603ish probably isn't too far off. Note that the estimate for maintenance calories will drop as you lose weight, since it takes fewer daily calories to move and maintain a smaller body.

And don't sweat the occasional bad day too much: The majority of our days determine the majority of our progress. If our average daily calorie consumption over time is less than our average daily calorie burn (BMR + daily life activities + exercise) over time, we'll lose weight. The rare over-goal day isn't worth stressing over, especially if one is over goal but under maintenance calories.

If MFP is right about your current-weight maintenance calories, your bad day has delayed your reaching your goal weight by literally a few hours (less than one day). Big whoop-tee-doo.

You can do this: Best wishes!

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