Over on macros, under on calories?

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r141592
r141592 Posts: 5 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
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3rd day using this app and finally got a chance to balance everything (first two were birthday related) and I managed to get my macro %s perfect but the actual values were over even though my calories were 2 short.

I thought all calories come from carbs, protein or fat. Can I get calories without any of the three? Is this a setting related thing? Anyone else notice this?

On a bit of a different topic, I just started using this app instead of that lifesum one because it only shows macros so I never noticed boiled eggs had 62% DV cholesterol and I had been eating two everyday, my sleep improved when I stopped eating them. Anyways, the more you know.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    That's a 70 calorie difference between your macros and calories eaten. Most likely in this case it's a rounding issue with some of the numbers, but you should still double check that the entries you used are correct.

    There is a fourth macro, alcohol, that you can get calories from but isn't tracked.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    Possible reasons:

    - Rounding (even on food labels the numbers don't always line up perfectly)
    - Entry Errors (many foods in the MFP database are user-entered and can contain errors)
    - Alcohol (occasionally included in carbs, but is typically a separate category of calories)
  • r141592
    r141592 Posts: 5 Member
    jjpptt2 wrote: »
    Possible reasons:

    - Rounding (even on food labels the numbers don't always line up perfectly)

    Oh, I see, kinda thought that might be the reason.

    I imagine focusing on the macro percentages would be my best bet.

    Based on your reply, get the impression that I was correct about calories only coming from macros.

    Anyways, thank you.
  • r141592
    r141592 Posts: 5 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    That's a 70 calorie difference between your macros and calories eaten. Most likely in this case it's a rounding issue with some of the numbers, but you should still double check that the entries you used are correct.

    There is a fourth macro, alcohol, that you can get calories from but isn't tracked.

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    This should be 220 calories based on the macros if my quick google search + math is correct. (1g fat = 9 cal, 1g protein or carb = 4 cal) I will be going through the rest but it seems like all of these just added up.

    I would still like to know if anyone else has experienced this.

    Also, it's nice to know about the alcohol, although, I don't drink.
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