Which is worse to go over in?

PaulaWallaDingDong

Kimegatron wrote: »

I know to not go over in calories... For the general healthy human being, I am just wondering if it is worse if they eat too much fat, too many carbs, or too much sugar, all while staying under in calories. Say for example, they have no medical issues.

You just keep asking...

dovedavis

My counter keeps saying I'm over on fats, even tho it is "Healthy" fats. And the app doesn't count proteins correctly.
Does anybody else have this difficulty?
I eat a lot of Beans, Legumes + Whole Grain or Brown Rice. Should complete my proteins, but the app doesn't. I eat refried beans on a high fiber, low carb wrap, with Salsa, Provolone and Romaine. It says "this is low in fat" and yet tells me to watch my fat content. Or will say "high in fiber", "good source of Calcium", bla bla bla. I'm always telling the app to "Shut Up" or "Bite Me." Kinda makes me feel a little better.

janejellyroll

dovedavis wrote: »

My counter keeps saying I'm over on fats, even tho it is "Healthy" fats. And the app doesn't count proteins correctly.
Does anybody else have this difficulty?
I eat a lot of Beans, Legumes + Whole Grain or Brown Rice. Should complete my proteins, but the app doesn't. I eat refried beans on a high fiber, low carb wrap, with Salsa, Provolone and Romaine. It says "this is low in fat" and yet tells me to watch my fat content. Or will say "high in fiber", "good source of Calcium", bla bla bla. I'm always telling the app to "Shut Up" or "Bite Me." Kinda makes me feel a little better.

If you want to eat more fats, you can reset your macro percentages in your goals.

What do you mean that the app doesn't count protein correctly?

lemurcat12

dovedavis wrote: »

My counter keeps saying I'm over on fats, even tho it is "Healthy" fats.

You have a default fat percentage. But you shouldn't think of it as going over as if that's a bad thing if within your calories. They are general targets. If you prefer to eat more fat, change the settings. (My fat percentage is at 30%, but many people have them set higher.)

And the app doesn't count proteins correctly.

I don't have this problem. What do you mean? Sometimes there are inaccurate entries--are you being careful not to choose those?

I eat a lot of Beans, Legumes + Whole Grain or Brown Rice. Should complete my proteins, but the app doesn't.

The app doesn't fuss about whether you are getting complete protein. It just counts total grams. Either you are choosing inaccurate entries or getting less than you thought.

It says "this is low in fat" and yet tells me to watch my fat content. Or will say "high in fiber", "good source of Calcium", bla bla bla. I'm always telling the app to "Shut Up" or "Bite Me." Kinda makes me feel a little better.

I ignore that stuff (actually I mainly log in the web version of the site). Most of it is ridiculous. "Bite me" works too. ;-)

MlleKelly

Carbs, fats, and sugars are all essential for your body to function, but I think that processed sugar is the WORST.

I eat mostly clean and whole, so most of the carbs, fats, and sugars I get are naturally found in the foods I eat. I tend to feel like I use up all of my carbs doing exercise and just, you know, living. Also, I don't eat a lot of fatty foods so when I go over my fat macro it's because I've eaten an avocado or had olive oil in two meals or something like that. Or cheese. But sugar...oh, sugar.

The only time I ever go over on my sugar macro is when I've had a splurge-y dessert, which also tends to include lots of carbs and fat...

Since you're asking for opinions, here's mine (because this is what works for me): Of the three, going over on sugar is the worst.

janejellyroll

MlleKelly wrote: »

Carbs, fats, and sugars are all essential for your body to function, but I think that processed sugar is the WORST.

I eat mostly clean and whole, so most of the carbs, fats, and sugars I get are naturally found in the foods I eat. I tend to feel like I use up all of my carbs doing exercise and just, you know, living. Also, I don't eat a lot of fatty foods so when I go over my fat macro it's because I've eaten an avocado or had olive oil in two meals or something like that. Or cheese. But sugar...oh, sugar.

The only time I ever go over on my sugar macro is when I've had a splurge-y dessert, which also tends to include lots of carbs and fat...

Since you're asking for opinions, here's mine (because this is what works for me): Of the three, going over on sugar is the worst.

Why is it the worst?