Macro pie chart confusion

r41316
r41316 Posts: 2 Member
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Hello all. I'm new & trying to understand the numbers on the pie chart and I can't seem to (I have changed to decaf tho...brain fog is real.)

Can someone advise? (2g of fat is not 16% of the 148 calls I've eaten this morning....?) I know I'm missing something, just can't come up with it. TIA

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    edited March 2019
    Never mind. More coffee, please.
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    Well... 2 g of fat probably is 16% of the 148 calories you've eaten.

    The pie chart is clearly rounding to the nearest whole number, so that '2 g' could be, say, 2.5 g.

    2.5 g of fat has 22.5 calories. That would be 15% of 148. If you assume a few more bits of rounding elsewhere in the app...
  • r41316
    r41316 Posts: 2 Member
    Ohhhh. I was reading it as the 2 g of fat was 16% of my allowed fat grams for the day, which is 55g.
    Thanks!
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Honestly, the pie chart is pretty useless, especially at any time other than the end of the day. I'd look at the total gram goals for the day (and overall calories) and not worry about percentages of individual meals.
  • rsj7799
    rsj7799 Posts: 74 Member
    I don't look at the pie chart. As long as I meet my protein and fat minimums for the day (in grams) on the main screen I'm happy. (Turn your phone sideways on mobile to see them).

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