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• Fflpnari Posts: 740Member Member Posts: 740Member Member

  whats your weight height activity goals
  

  November 11, 2019 2:00AM

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• apullum Posts: 4,501Member Member Posts: 4,501Member Member

  First, are you weighing ALL your food? If not, then you are very likely to be eating more than you think you are.
  
  If, after weighing ALL of your food, you still are significantly under your calories, check this post: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1

  November 11, 2019 2:01AM

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• naomi8888 Posts: 476Member Member Posts: 476Member Member

  I see a lot of posts from people starting out on their weight loss journey that say they can't eat the recommended amount of calories to lose weight. As above I think they are usually not tracking accurately (weighing everything!) or not counting tastes, sips, licks, bites, etc...
  
  If you actually are 100% logging then feel free to add a little treat.

  November 11, 2019 2:31AM

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• NovusDies Posts: 5,995Member, Premium Member Posts: 5,995Member, Premium Member

  sat_ax4 wrote: »

  Hello,
  
  MyFitness App has recommended I eat 2100 calories to lose weight, however I am struggling to eat all my calories. Is this an issue, will this sabotage my weight loss plan by missing my goal by 500?

  
  Usually people who say this are either eating more than they realize because they have not quite mastered logging yet or they are adding in some form of food restriction that makes them eat too much low calorie food.
  
  To log accurately it is recommended that you use a food scale to weigh all solid food and that you do not trust the MFP database and that includes scanning barcodes. You need to make sure the calories match the nutrition label or the FDC USDA site. It takes a lot of time at first but it gets easier with time and experience.

  November 11, 2019 2:48AM

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