Am I wrong ???? Or the formula is wrong ?? Maybe I am missing sthg.

tranminhquan1012

I heard that 1g protein= 4 calories
1g carb = 4calories
1g fat = 9calories

So it is supposed to be about 240 calories remaining instead of 352 calories. Am I right? I am so confused.

LivingtheLeanDream

Don't sweat the small stuff if you input your foods here using the most accurate database choices then its pretty realistic. As long as your eating to your MFP totals or just under all will be well and you will lose weight.

seska422

There's a lot of rounding, especially on US nutritional labels. A 112 calorie discrepancy for that amount of intake is basically on the money.

As for which is more precise, I'd go with the listed calories. Calories are an independent number on nutrition labels and aren't directly calculated from the macros. Macros are where you get rounding so they won't come out as precise as the calorie column.

Even with that, everything is estimates. All we can do is get as close as we can with the info available.

tranminhquan1012

RunRutheeRun wrote: »

Don't sweat the small stuff if you input your foods here using the most accurate database choices then its pretty realistic. As long as your eating to your MFP totals or just under all will be well and you will lose weight.

Thanks you. actually im trying to gain weight.

tranminhquan1012

seska422 wrote: »

There's a lot of rounding, especially on US nutritional labels. A 112 calorie discrepancy for that amount of intake is basically on the money.

As for which is more precise, I'd go with the listed calories. Calories are an independent number on nutrition labels and aren't directly calculated from the macros. Macros are where you get rounding so they won't come out as precise as the calorie column.

Thanks you. Anyway, more fat will come from oil when cooking so there is not much to worry about. Im just over-reacted.

LivingtheLeanDream

tranminhquan1012 wrote: »

RunRutheeRun wrote: »

Don't sweat the small stuff if you input your foods here using the most accurate database choices then its pretty realistic. As long as your eating to your MFP totals or just under all will be well and you will lose weight.

Thanks you. actually im trying to gain weight.

If you're trying to gain then just eat more.... You can re-assess in a few weeks if your weight isn't going up as you'd like.

teetertatertango

There are also quite a few entries in the database that are mildly to very wrong, if my macros are really off from the calories I can usually track it down by looking at the individual foods.