New to My Fitness Pal

vickysanimalrescue

Hello, My Fitness Pal community,

I am new here and look forward to using this program to keep track of what I eat. I am currently doing Keto so my main goal is to count carbs/fat/proteins, not calories.

In going thru this website, I can't seem to locate how I would set up my profile to just reflect carbs, leaving calories off my plan.

Is this even possible? Would greatly appreciate your thoughts.

Again, hello to all from Oregon!

Vicky

vickysanimalrescue

Learning to use the tracker.

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Welcome to MFP! You'll have to set everything up manually. Start by finding your BMI and run it through a calculator... that should tell you where to start.

Stay consistent and be persistent and you'll do great

vickysanimalrescue

Thanks! I was hopeful to find a way to setup MFP to only record carbs/fat/protein, leaving calories off my plan since the Keto plan I follow doesn't count calories. But I suppose it's not possible.

Love the tracker and, yes, already calculated my BMI!

Thanks again!

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Yeah, they automatically count the calories...

LyndaBSS

I don't know why you'd want to remove the calorie count, since being in a calorie deficit is what leads to weight loss.

I do understand the macros being so different for keto.

vickysanimalrescue

Lynda, there are various Keto plans from what I understand. I am on the one plan that doesn't count calories, to eat ONLY when hungry from our food list, and to stop eating when you are satiated. Calories are irrelevant in this.

The trick is to know when you are satiated, and to stop eating.

LyndaBSS

Thanks for the explanation.

vickysanimalrescue

You're welcome, Lynda. Just for the record, I don't count macros. I follow Keto with Casey on YouTube. Her very simple approach to Keto is wonderful to follow. She use to be massively obese and now she's quite thin. And she started her weight loss after age 50.

daniellam01

What are your goals? What is your favorite part of the app?

vickysanimalrescue

Hi Daniel,

My goal is to get healthier and lose a little weight in the process. I'm still going through MFP, learning a lot as I go along. I'm using a desktop rather than an app but I'll probably add the app to my phone soon.

So far, so good here at MFP!

daniellam01

vickysanimalrescue wrote: »

Hi Daniel,

My goal is to get healthier and lose a little weight in the process. I'm still going through MFP, learning a lot as I go along. I'm using a desktop rather than an app but I'll probably add the app to my phone soon.

So far, so good here at MFP!

Awesome.