Am I suppose to achieve my "Goal" Calories?

TomTomwebb
TomTomwebb Posts: 3 Member
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It says my Goal is to achieve somthing like 2990 Cals daily but I added up all my food for today and it was only like 1100 Cals. Is it a good thing to get below the goal? Or am I suppose to actually eat more calories to achieve that goal.

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  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,330 Member

    Provided you have set up your account correctly - all of your personal stats, activity level, chosen weight loss rate (or weight gain/maintenance) - yes, the idea is to eat the number of calories indicated as your goal. Being slightly under is fine, but undereating by 1900 calories is a bad idea, even more so if your settings already include a weight loss rate.

    However: 2990 calories is quite high as a goal, so I would be curious to know your stats, activity level and settings.

  • TomTomwebb
    TomTomwebb Posts: 3 Member

    I'm a hefty guy at 245Lbs and 5'10" in Height. A buddy told me I'm probably not losing weight because I don't eat enough calories. I always thought less calories was better.

  • TomTomwebb
    TomTomwebb Posts: 3 Member

    I also go to the gym now 3 days a week for a hard workout and I'm on my feet all day in a factory setting for work.

  • 88olds
    88olds Posts: 4,602 Member

    Are you using a food scale to crunch the numbers? Use a scale for everything except liquids.

    Here’s a thing about the calculators- the calculators are based on averages & statistics. But no one is exactly average. Think of the number MFP gives you as a starting point. Unfortunately the only way to find out a your actual calorie target is trial and error, a slow process that drives a lot of people to quit. Don’t quit. If you are using a food scale, keeping a food diary and are confident you have an accurate count, if you aren’t losing, try cutting 100 calories per day. Then see what happens. It’s all a big experiment. In fact the experimenting never ends because the calorie target that works for you now for have to be adjusted as you lose weight.

    And this- weight loss has 2 parts, eating in a calorie deficit and living with it long enough for it to work. Avoid the temptation to go all in on the most aggressive deficit. People who do that generally don’t last long. You have to find a way to live your life while you are doing this. Good luck

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