If your daily calorie target shifted, that's DietPal keeping your plan honest as your body changes. It's a feature, not a glitch.
The usual reasons
- You logged a new weigh-in. Your target is based partly on your current weight. As you lose (or gain) weight, the calories you burn change too — so DietPal re-grounds your target on your latest weight every time you record one. This is why the number can move after a weigh-in.
- You changed your goal or target date. A new goal weight or a new deadline changes the pace, and the pace sets the target. See Setting or changing your goal weight & target date.
- You added or removed a daily walk. Movement you've committed to is added to your daily burn, so turning a walk on or off nudges your target.
- You updated your activity level or other details. Correcting your activity, height or age feeds straight into the calculation.
Why this is a good thing
A target that never moved would slowly drift away from reality as you progress — that's the classic reason diets stall. By re-grounding on your real weigh-ins, DietPal keeps your plan matched to the body you have today, not the one you started with.
If a change ever looks wrong to you, just ask your coach — it can explain exactly which number drove the update, and you can correct anything that's off.