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Macros and calories

chris_thrice
chris_thrice Posts: 24 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
MFP pals... heh.
Question for all my macro aficionados out there.

Should you stress over your caloric intake if your macros line up close

Back story.
Trying to lean out a bit with a 2200 caloric intake and macros at (see my diary for %)

Currently I'm over +32 in caloric intake but macros are with 5% of each other.

I wrote some slight Adjustments and ended up with macros within 1% of goal but caloric intake is over +120ish

Is this something to stress over or no?

Thanks in advance and may your meals be big and your gains even bigger!

Replies

  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    edited March 2016
    No, don't stress over it. However, do check that it's in the ballpark.

    Nutritional information has rounding. The more calories you eat, the larger rounding error that can accrue.

    If the calories column is way off the calories calculated from macros, you need to look through your database items to make sure that you are using accurate ones. If they are close, you're good to go.
  • hko718
    hko718 Posts: 85 Member
    Unless you're in contest prep it's silly to worry about nailing macros down to the T
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