Please explain calories vs nutrition break down

rikkejanell2014

if you are meeting your calorie deficit every day but when you look at your nutrition you're going over in sodium, saturated fat different things like that will you still maintain weight loss ?is it just that you're not giving your body the proper nutrition or you're overdoing it?

tlflag1620

If you are in a calorie deficit, you will lose fat, regardless of macros or micros. Sodium can be tricky because you can retain water, which makes the scale number wonky, but that is generally temporary. Fat (including saturated fat) doesn't make you gain (or prevent you from losing), unless your calories are too high. It's hard to say if you are getting "proper nutrition", as people tend to differ on what that even is. I'd say if you are getting enough protein, enough fat, enough fiber, and meeting your micros (which, if you are terribly worried, you can always take a daily multi as insurance), then you are most likely properly nourished. If you have genuine concern about malnutrition, talk to your doc or a registered dietician for more guidance.

Sued0nim

Nutrition guidelines are relevant to overall health and not weight loss itself

If you stick within your calories you will lose weight even if just eating twinkles and chewing on vitamins (see Twinkie professor diet)

If you eat a widespread nutritionally balanced diet with sufficient protein and fats, keep an eye on trans fats and saturated fats, sodium if it's an issue for you, eating a wide range of brightly coloured vegetables and food that you find delicious you will absorb enough guidelines

Sodium and carbs manipulation play excessively with water weight but have no bearing on fat loss

JeromeBarry1

Also, many of the nutrients from vegetables are fat-soluble. This means that you should consume, for instance, olive oil with salad greens, so that a fat can be present in the gut when the vegetables are digested. This allows your body to absorb the nutrients from the vegetables, which is the point of eating them.

RodaRose

Watch the calories. You will be fine.

lemurcat12

Yeah, you will still lose weight, there just may (or may not) be other issues, depending.

If you are mostly just interested in weight loss, it doesn't matter.

If you are interested in nutrition and health (which I'd encourage), then MFP's numbers aren't something to obsess about, there are better sources (some are decent general goals, but you shouldn't think that they are all equal or everyone is the same or that going over occasionally is some big thing).

Boom_Slime

Nutrition = General Health
Calories = Weight Loss/Gain

If you have any sort of deficiency then it's important to look into your macros, micros, and vitamins so you can get what you're missing and not get terribly ill. If you're solely looking for weight loss and that alone, then you only need to worry about calories.

Christine_72

One thing at a time OP. Stay the course slow and steady, and dont fill your brain with all of the minor details, you'll end up driving yourself mad. Eg stop majoring in the minors

rikkejanell2014

Christine_72 wrote: »

One thing at a time OP. Stay the course slow and steady, and dont fill your brain with all of the minor details, you'll end up driving yourself mad. Eg stop majoring in the minors

Im just asking questions.

Darton2010

Don't worry about sodium, just make sure it's quality salt like sea and forget the other natural salts, Morton table salt is garbage and has no nutritional value.

Stay away from refined and processed sugars, make desert fruit being it has fiber and other things that help not spike your blood sugar.

In my experience, I can eat nothing but twinkies and be under my calorie count but be hungry and miserable due to the empty cals but gain massive weight due to high in carbs.

Carbs are more of the bodies fuel, you want to keep those low, keep protein high.

Long story short yes you can lose weight by staying under your cal limit but not all the weight loss will be fat, you will lose muscle if you don't get proteins.

Stay away from artificial vitamins! Do the research, they are directly linked to cancer and our bodies don't absorb them well, make FOOD your vitamins.

Good luck

SusanMFindlay

Darton2010 wrote: »

Don't worry about sodium, just make sure it's quality salt like sea and forget the other natural salts, Morton table salt is garbage and has no nutritional value.

From a nutritional perspective, sea salt is basically identical to table salt. If you prefer the texture, go for it; it's certainly no worse than table salt. But sodium chloride is sodium chloride.

tlflag1620

Darton2010 wrote: »

Don't worry about sodium, just make sure it's quality salt like sea and forget the other natural salts, Morton table salt is garbage and has no nutritional value.

Stay away from refined and processed sugars, make desert fruit being it has fiber and other things that help not spike your blood sugar.

In my experience, I can eat nothing but twinkies and be under my calorie count but be hungry and miserable due to the empty cals but gain massive weight due to high in carbs.

Carbs are more of the bodies fuel, you want to keep those low, keep protein high.

Long story short yes you can lose weight by staying under your cal limit but not all the weight loss will be fat, you will lose muscle if you don't get proteins.

Stay away from artificial vitamins! Do the research, they are directly linked to cancer and our bodies don't absorb them well, make FOOD your vitamins.

Good luck

Wut?

Christine_72

SusanMFindlay wrote: »

Darton2010 wrote: »

Don't worry about sodium, just make sure it's quality salt like sea and forget the other natural salts, Morton table salt is garbage and has no nutritional value.

From a nutritional perspective, sea salt is basically identical to table salt. If you prefer the texture, go for it; it's certainly no worse than table salt. But sodium chloride is sodium chloride.

Yeah, I've always thought salt is salt, is salt.

Sued0nim

Darton2010 wrote: »

Don't worry about sodium, just make sure it's quality salt like sea and forget the other natural salts, Morton table salt is garbage and has no nutritional value.

Salt is salt

Stay away from refined and processed sugars, make desert fruit being it has fiber and other things that help not spike your blood sugar.

Sugar is sugar. People don't eat "refined and processed sugars" in isolation

In my experience, I can eat nothing but twinkies and be under my calorie count but be hungry and miserable due to the empty cals but gain massive weight due to high in carbs.

Not possible. You gain weight due to surplus calories not carbs. But there is little sating in a diet of only one thing so hunger makes sense. That said a Twinkie has a greater percentage of fat than carbs in its 99 calories

Carbs are more of the bodies fuel, you want to keep those low, keep protein high.

you mean calories. Carbs are a matter of personal preference. I personally find them satiating in combination with fat and protein. Protein should not be kept low. Ever. Protein is the building block for cell repair and renewal. Both protein and fats have minimums. Carbs not so much.

Long story short yes you can lose weight by staying under your cal limit but not all the weight loss will be fat, you will lose muscle if you don't get proteins.

You will lose muscle in most weight loss strategies. Rate of loss, adequate protein and progressive resistance can help minimise that

Stay away from artificial vitamins! Do the research, they are directly linked to cancer and our bodies don't absorb them well, make FOOD your vitamins.

Post such research.

Good luck

So much incorrect info. So very much.

LenGray

Nutrients are substances that provide nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life. Nutrients, in regard to weight loss and general health, can be broken down into micro and macro nutrients.

Macro nutrients are the largest building blocks of nutrition and include protein, fat, and carbs-- elements which make up the majority of one's diet and are generally only available through consuming food and drink.

Micro nutrients are such things as sodium, iron, sugar, etc. They make up the minority of one's diet. Through diet, multi-vitamins, and even contact with direct sunlight, one is able to consume micro nutrients.

Calories are an unit of energy, specifically the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1gram of water through 1degree Celsius. It's also used to determine the energy value of food within the human body.

If you're interested in losing weight, monitoring the amount of energy you burn through calories is essential. Theoretically, burning more calories than you consume and creating an energy deficit is the only step required in weight loss.

However, by monitoring your macro nutrients you can achieve better health, namely by preserving muscle (protein), boosting energy (carbs), preserving skin and hair health (protein), regulating blood sugar (carbs), regulating body temperature (fats), and protecting your vital organs from damage (fats).

Micro nutrients can also be observed for health purposes. For example, sodium, as a nutrient, plays a key role in monitoring blood pressure through attracting and holding water in the blood stream. This helps maintain the liquid portion of the blood. If too much sodium is consumed on a regular basis, however, this may cause the volume of blood within the body to increase because of water retention and cause high blood pressure, a common health concern.

spzjlb

Christine_72 wrote: »

SusanMFindlay wrote: »

Darton2010 wrote: »

Don't worry about sodium, just make sure it's quality salt like sea and forget the other natural salts, Morton table salt is garbage and has no nutritional value.

From a nutritional perspective, sea salt is basically identical to table salt. If you prefer the texture, go for it; it's certainly no worse than table salt. But sodium chloride is sodium chloride.

Yeah, I've always thought salt is salt, is salt.

Yes, sodium chloride is always sodium chloride. Some table salts are iodised (iodized, if you prefer) because iodine deficiency is a significant problem in some inland regions (where populations don't have access to seafoods that are iodine rich) and certainly was historically. Sea salts may have other micronutrients hanging on, too. But these are tiny differences - unless you are iodine-deficient.

newheavensearth

The broscience is strong in this thread.

I didn't start seriously losing weight until I threw that out the window and found what worked for me: CICO, portion control, moderation. Keep it simple. Good old fashioned simplicity still works.