I pay for premium but there’s a bug in MyFitnessPal where it UNDERCALCULATES my calories for the day and tells me I have more calories to eat. Look at the screenshots: I went over on my protein goal, met my fat goal exactly, and have 1 gram of carb left to eat. And yet it says I have 126 calories left??? 1 gram of carbohydrate is 4 calories. What exactly are those 126 calories supposed to be made of if not carb, protein, or fat?!
If you do out the math, I’ve actually eaten 2,000 calories, but it says I’ve only eaten 1,826??? I’ve eaten OVER my goal already.
Look at my math: I’ve eaten (123g protein x 4calories) + (242g carb x 4calories) + (60g fat x 9calories) = 2,000 calories!!! not 1,826 like MFP claims!!! What’s the point of paying MFP as a premium member if they can’t even do simple math right?!
For reference my macro and calorie goals are: 110g protein, 243g carb, 60g fat and it amounts to 1952 calories. MFP consistently tells me I have more calories left to eat than in reality. I have to do the math BY HAND and disregard what MFP tells me, SO WHAT IS THE POINT OF PAYING $49.99 a year?!
Judes525
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Macros and calories are not going to match.
Yes, they should - but they won't.
1. Foods are entered by users. They make mistakes and that will affect calculation
2. There are going to be rounding up and rounding down errors on labeling
It easily could be the other way around. There's no easy way to determine HOW a database entry is incorrect, you'll have to check your individual entries to see which ones are wrong.
Carbs, sugar, protein etc are all wrong when I check the package. I normally make the changes and add "corrected" to the item.
But as everyone said, you really cannot take the food items as being correct, otherwise your numbers are going to be far off.