Macros don't add up
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AnnalisaGym
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I wasn't sure where to post this, so plumped for this board.
I was logging today and noticed that even though I'd gone over on all my macros, MFP was telling me I still had 31 calories left. I didn't - I was over by 79.
This made me curious, and I started adding up my calories. Only 1 out of the 6 days I added up, taking random days over the past 6 months in case it was a recent thing, was correct. Now I'm worried I can't trust the app at all.
Has anyone else noticed this?
I was logging today and noticed that even though I'd gone over on all my macros, MFP was telling me I still had 31 calories left. I didn't - I was over by 79.
This made me curious, and I started adding up my calories. Only 1 out of the 6 days I added up, taking random days over the past 6 months in case it was a recent thing, was correct. Now I'm worried I can't trust the app at all.
Has anyone else noticed this?
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Macros get rounded to the nearest gram. Your calories should be correct if the calorie info for the database entry you've used is right. I would trust the calories over the macros, though those will also get rounded.4
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Foods in the database are (mostly) entered by users, so a lot of the numbers can be off.
Check them before using them if macros and calories are important to you.1 -
It was the total macros that didn't add up to the total calories, not the individual foods. I'm confident about the entries I use, because I check them, and have a terrible habit of editing the ones that are wrong ☺️0
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Nony_Mouse wrote: »Macros get rounded to the nearest gram. Your calories should be correct if the calorie info for the database entry you've used is right. I would trust the calories over the macros, though those will also get rounded.
Thanks, I'll ignore the macros, I guess 😬0 -
AnnalisaGym wrote: »Nony_Mouse wrote: »Macros get rounded to the nearest gram. Your calories should be correct if the calorie info for the database entry you've used is right. I would trust the calories over the macros, though those will also get rounded.
Thanks, I'll ignore the macros, I guess 😬
Well, don't ignore them completely. Just accept that they're ballparks and may be a little off due to rounding. Checking the entries you're using are accurate is also a good idea though (either against the package info, or using the USDA nutrition database).4
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