Macros vs calorie counting

kstiver23
kstiver23 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Is it better to go over calories and meet your macros for the day or meet calories and stay under your macros?

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  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,247 Member
    Depends on the context.

    For weight loss.......calories.
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    If you are using accurate nutritional information, meeting your macros should be very close to meeting your calories because C=4 calories, P=4 calories, and F=9 calories. It would be exact except that there's rounding.

    What's off? Have you checked that you are using accurate MFP entries?
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