Nutrition Goals

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erinelizabeth882
erinelizabeth882 Posts: 102 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi all,

I'm fairly new to MyFitnessPal, started regularly logging food and exercise about two months ago, and I'm brand new to the forum. When I started the app, I put in my weight loss goals and personal stats (I'm 23, 5' 3.5", 127 lbs, down from 130-133, and my ideal weight is between 115-120), and the app gave me standard calorie goals, along with all the nutrition goals, like 30% of calories from fat, and 60 grams of protein.

However, I've noticed that my goal for polysaturated and monosaturated fat is 0. I always thought these were good fats, which is why I use flax seed in my smoothies and have taken a liking to avocado. If I'm trying to lose body fat, should I be avoiding these foods? Or should I change my nutrition goals? I have a goal of 115-120, but I'm more concerned about losing body fat, than weight altogether. It made me wonder about all the goals; I usually stay under the recommended sugar count (a high achievement for me as a die-hard sweet tooth), but I wonder if all the rest of my goals are not great considering what i thought I knew about poly- and monosaturated fats. Do most MFP users stick to the standard goals given by the app, or are there different goals I should be considering? Since my goal is primarily body fat lose (as opposed to allover weight loss, is the 50-30-20 percentage goals for carbs, fats, and protein appropriate?

Thanks for your help for a newbie!
Erin

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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    On one version of the app the goal is zero but on the other version it's listed as n/a. I would love to see them update the app so that both version are n/a here. There is no limit to these as long as you're staying within your other goals. Try to think of the 0 as a minimum rather than a maximum.

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