What allowance has MFP given you ...

CatRodger

Calories: 1450

Carbs: 199

Fat: 48

Protein: 54

JustJudy

Your Daily Goal
Calories:1,200

Carbs: 165

Fat: 40

Protein: 45

I also track cholestorol and sodium intakes

Chol:300
Sodium: 2,500

princessangel25

Calories:1230

Fat:41

Carbs:169

Protein:46

safiresp04

All of you need to increase your protein!

nicolina823

All of you need to increase your protein!

Its giving you what you need when not working out. After work outs are entered it should go up to around 60 which is where most women should be protein wise. Thats according to my doctor. I know everyone is different.

Laika3

MFP originally gave me 1200 per day ... but this is not enough for me considering my BMR is at 1350 (which you should always be above).

Therefore I re-set my goals to lose 0.5lbs per week which then gave me a total of 1450 (much better). I also wanted to follow the 30 carbs/30 fat/40 protein rule so for me thats carbs - 145, fat - 48, protein - 109.

I work out also and probably earn around 2000 - 2500 exercise cals weekly - i try to eat at least 70% (if not all) of these.

Stasha83

1,200 calories/day
Carbs / Day 165 g
Fat / Day 40 g
Protein / Day 45 g

I burn between 700-800 calories in the gym every day which helps alot otherwise I would find it hard not to go over my allowance.

One thing I do find interesting is that most poeple seem to be on 1,200 calories as a base. Why is this?

It may just be me but I find it all a bit confusing!

Laika3 - I've just calculated my BMR and its 1,491. Would it matter if I stayed at 1,200 calories per day?

megamom

I have tweaked mine to find out what works for me.

Carbs baseline without exercise added in...... 1200
Carbs..............150
Protein..............90
Fat....................27

The calories of course vary day by day depending on my activity and workout.

CerysW

I only joined yesterday, but there is something wrong with mine... what have I done wrong?!

Carbs - 505g
Protein - 138g
Fat - 122g

OMG!

Daytonsmommy

I'm trying to maintain right now and I am following the zone diet's 40% carbs, 30% fat, & 30% protien:

Calories: 1,810
Carbs: 181
Fat: 60
Protein: 136

Laika3

1,200 calories/day
Carbs / Day 165 g
Fat / Day 40 g
Protein / Day 45 g

I burn between 700-800 calories in the gym every day which helps alot otherwise I would find it hard not to go over my allowance.

One thing I do find interesting is that most poeple seem to be on 1,200 calories as a base. Why is this?

It may just be me but I find it all a bit confusing!

Laika3 - I've just calculated my BMR and its 1,491. Would it matter if I stayed at 1,200 calories per day?

Well, your BMR is what your body needs just to function i.e. heart pumping, lungs working, this is assuming that you're doing no other physical activity, like lying in bed all day - so yeah you should be eating more than 1491 but less that your maintenance, you'll still lose this way, probably more slowly but definately healthier.

Here is a good thread in helping you understand it all from very knowledgable MFPers, it's helped me alot in clearing up the confusion - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/6556-the-answers-to-the-questions

:flowerforyou:

cfischer81

Cal-1,730
Carbs-195
Fat-58
Protein-108

My Protein is much higher then most other peoples...hmmm.

Stasha83

Thanks so much for that link, the first post is an oracle of info. Need to set aside an hour to read the rest of it! :happy:

LittleSpy

Mine has also been tweaked over the last 9 months to what works for me. 45% carbs, 30% protein, 25% fat.

Calories: 1270
Fat: 35g
Carbs: 143g
Protein: 95g

I exercise daily & eat most of those calories/carbs/fat/protein as well.

LittleSpy

I only joined yesterday, but there is something wrong with mine... what have I done wrong?!

Carbs - 505g
Protein - 138g
Fat - 122g

OMG!

I see your weight on your ticker is in KGs. Did you perhaps enter your weight in pounds? That's what it looks like to me -- like you entered "130" as your weight but MFP is calculating your goals based on 130kgs instead of 130 pounds (the 130 is just an example!). 130 kgs is roughly 287 pounds, so you see how that could really mess things up. It looks like MFP has given you nutrition based on your weight in KGs. Either change those settings (from kgs to lbs) or enter your weight into MFP in kgs.

jrich1

I think we manually adjusted mine to about 2000cals a day

CerysW

Sorted, thank you! xxx

aippolito1

I'm at:

1400 cal
175 carb
31 fat
105 protein

I'm 50% carb, 30% protein, 20% fat.

Laika3

Thanks so much for that link, the first post is an oracle of info. Need to set aside an hour to read the rest of it! :happy:

You're welcome - it really helped me get my head around things. :happy:

There's lots more links that are pinned to the top of this "General diet and Weight Loss Help" section that are really interesting and useful too x

Becka77

Calories: 1530
Carb: 210
Fat: 51
Protein: 57

Projected weight loss: 2.2 lbs/week

rybo

I set my own allowances cause the default ones don't work for me

1900 cals

166 carbs
63 fat
166 protein

funkyspunky871

Calories - 1490
Fat - 50
Sugar - 30

I don't worry about carbs, but they are on my food diary home page. I never go over on carbs, so not a big deal. I'm supposed to get 50 grams of fat per day, but I try to keep it around 35 g.... And I hardly ever get anywhere near 1490 calories... Which is probably bad, but I average around 1200 a day.... Hm... Thanks for posting this, made me realize I really need to try and follow MFP's allowances. I don't want to screw up my metabolism or anything.

misslizz6958

1200 but i try to eat a bit under. I don't eat any of my working out cals. I try not to eat much fat and carbs but I do tend to eat way more protein then it wants me to

Paul76

1680 net calories.

That's all I'm focused on right now, trying to stay under calories and not worrying as much about fat/carbs/sodium. I know it's not ideal but I have to find what works for me and this is what works so far. If it stops working, I'll change it up.

KPaden1221

caloris-1,300
carbs-130
fat -29
protein-130
sugar -33
fiber -19

Biggest_Loser

I only focus on calories and protein.

My daily Calories: 1200

My daily protein goal is 60-90 grams and I usually average about 80.

rockinright

Calories: 1980 (1lb/week recommendation by MFP, I've actually been losing 1.5 - 2 lbs/wk)
Carbs: 272
Fat: 66
Protein: 74

I also track Fiber and Sodium:

Fiber: 23
Sodium: 2500

The only one I usually go over on is sodium and I have to work on that. I usually am pretty on-target with most other categories, and in fact have been going a bit over (good) on fiber and protein.

My cals are higher than most here, but I'm a guy (one of few here it seems) and I'm still on the plus side of 220 lbs...my maintenance number when I get where I want to be will probably be right around this number sans exercise.