Macros: grams or percentage?

SyntonicGarden

Hi! So I got in a LOT more activity than usual, thanks to the 18" of snow that needed to be relocated. I went to log my food, and bam! Macros automatically adjusted to account for extra energy spent. I went from 40g to the 60g being "acceptable@ as far as MFP is concerned.

So... Do I listen to the mass (grams) or do I listen to the percentage/ratio? Thanks.

anglyn1

I try to stay under 30 net a day so if I work out and get extra calories I keep carbs steady and increase protein and fat. Usually fat.

AshleyC1023

^ Same. Know what your grams are before you add in exercise and keep the carbs under your goal. I hate how it adds in all these "extra" things you can eat. I've learned that I just don't add in my exercise on here so it doesn't readjust for me.

Sunny_Bunny_

For me carbs are a hard goal. Protein is too.
If I need more calories for whatever reason (hunger would be my only reason) it would come from fats

lithezebra

AshleyC1023 wrote: »

...I hate how it adds in all these "extra" things you can eat. I've learned that I just don't add in my exercise on here so it doesn't readjust for me.

I log all my exercise as burning "1" calorie, for the best of both worlds.

macchiatto

I eat back about half of my exercise calories, but I didn't include them when calculating my TDEE, since it varies somewhat from week to week. With carbs I try to stay under 20-30 net so if I do increase carbs on a day I exercise a lot, I still try to stay under that goal but maybe more the upper end of that range.

SamandaIndia

I wait until after dinner to add in exercise. Mfp consistently over rates calories per hour burned. If i eat any of those I would consume at most 60% of what mfp claims I burned in exercise. I mentally keep carb fixed at 20g net then eat more fat n a little protein if hungry. Similar to others above.