WEIGHT LOSS Frequently Asked Questions: Infographic Answers

tinkerbellang83
tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,128 Member
edited November 2021 in Getting Started
So rather than overwhelm people with walls of text, I've been slowly gathering a couple of infographics either that I've made myself or that are posted regularly on the boards that might make it easier for noobs to see how things work. I'll start with a couple and add more over time. If anyone else has any good ones please feel free to share in the same format.

It's also handy for those of us who post regularly to find them all in one place to copy and paste them again.
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  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,128 Member
    MaybeLed wrote: »
    The first dozen or so times I tried to lose weight I gave up after 2 weeks, just because I didn't know about the fluctuations...

    I was guilty of exactly the same thing before I found the forums and started weighing daily!
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Bump
  • Tesha231
    Tesha231 Posts: 381 Member
    Thanks for posting this! Very helpful!
  • beingalteration
    beingalteration Posts: 4 Member
    I just saved the PB pic! I'm guilty of just guessing what everything is. Getting ready to order a bunch of random tablespoons to fix this problem.
  • beingalteration
    beingalteration Posts: 4 Member
    o_O Did not know that, thanks for the advice!
  • gamesandgains
    gamesandgains Posts: 640 Member
    These are great. Happy to see people are starting to see through the BS. The starvation mode one had me dying.
  • cathipa
    cathipa Posts: 2,991 Member
    edited February 2018
    Love them all! Especially the starvation mode :)

    ETA: this should be a sticky
  • crippcrunch
    crippcrunch Posts: 16 Member
    I wonder how you can log foods with scale. Most nutrition facts are done in metric system, but not all.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,128 Member
    crippcrunch wrote: »
    I wonder how you can log foods with scale. Most nutrition facts are done in metric system, but not all.

    @crippcrunch
    Almost all packaged food has nutrition facts by weight on the packaging, fresh produce nutrition info is available on the USDA database, if it's not in the MFP database you add it yourself. There's a very good post on this in the Most Helpful posts on either Getting Started or General Health board, can't remember which.
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    i love these. Im a very knowledge based person i like math and facts and visuals. Loved the infographics when i started, still do now.
  • tinkerbellang83
    tinkerbellang83 Posts: 9,128 Member
    Me too ☺
  • swan57
    swan57 Posts: 18 Member
    Newbie here. I have a question. When logging food on tracker at the bottom are the goals for protein, fat, sugar etc. As long as i have my calories within my range will I lose weight even if the other measurement are higher than my goals?
  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    edited March 2018
    swan57 wrote: »
    Newbie here. I have a question. When logging food on tracker at the bottom are the goals for protein, fat, sugar etc. As long as i have my calories within my range will I lose weight even if the other measurement are higher than my goals?

    Yes, assuming your logging is accurate (you use a food scale and choose accurate database entries).

    People may have nutrition goals that they are trying to achieve where macros become more important, but for weight loss, the calorie column is all that matters.
  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    Great thread, @tinkerbellang83 ! Appreciate having these all in one place :)
  • HowlinAl
    HowlinAl Posts: 277 Member
    These are great! I particularly love the “starvation mode” one, and the several that reinforce that losing weight all about the calories. I’ve saved some of these.

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