How do I hit my calorie goal everyday? I’m always below it.

Consider adding some more calorie dense foods that you personally don't find too filling, if part of the problem is lacking appetite: Nuts, nut butters, avocadoes, fatty cold-water fish, a little more olive oil or similar on salads/veggies or used in cooking, and that sort of thing. If your nutrition is already in good shape for the day, it's also OK to add a reasonable serving of some more calorie-dense treat food you can moderate, like a cookie, potato chips/crisps, chocolate, whatever.

Are you able to simply eat larger servings of what you are already eating?

Alternatively - add things with healthy fats like: avocado, dressings (full fat ones), seeds/nuts, hemp hearts/flax(ground, as the hull isn't easily broken down)/chia to yogurt/apple sauce/oatmeal, simply add some olive oil to dishes….fat is the easiest way to add calories. Nut butter is a great addition to most snacks with fruit or desserts. Add a bit of dessert/something sweet to your day.

If you are currently using 'low fat' or 'diet' or 'light' versions of things - just use the real versions that will add calories too.

I get that it could make someone crazy, but the MFP calorie goal is already set to a deficit if one used MFP to calculate their daily calorie goal. So eating UNDER it would put you at a higher deficit than necessary which can also cause people to be unable to stay consistent. I get that every once in a while is fine to be more or less - I am a big believer in not lamenting over every single calorie. But I guess I assumed after being on this app for a very long time that usually when people are complaining they can't reach their calorie goal - it's a consistent issue. Typically they will say they have calories left but aren't hungry. Maybe I should have asked more clarifying questions to OP. But in general, people should be hitting their calorie goal more/less. I just am aware of the most common pitfalls here that many experience. One of which is chronically undereating.

OP - if this isn't relevant to you, then disregard.

Yes, this was part of my reasoning.

The other is simply thinking about accuracy of logging. Here's what I mean —→ when I needed to lose 20 lb, I often felt like I couldn't reach my goal given to me by MFP. But I also wasn't losing weight. It seemed contradictory to struggle to eat ENOUGH all of a sudden when historically I had clearly been eating too much. I had to ask myself how I was having trouble getting to 1400 when I was really comfortable at 2200ish. So I took another stab at more accurate logging. Another time, I was so committed on the front end that I was under eating (not getting to my goal) in a way that felt empowering at first (oh wow look at me go! i'm not ) but then eventually led to giving up because my inspiration was not sustainable. I was facing some sort of mind game meets nutrition meets empowerment meets disipline meets burnout.

For someone who was trying to gain weight, it's a different scenario because increasing your calories above maintenance can be uncomfortable, depending on how much you used to eat vs. how much MFP is suggesting. This is something one of my children is dealing with currently while trying to put on muscle. So the strategy for getting to the recommended number may be different than the scenarios above.

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