Macros

audreybec

What’s the percentage of carbs fats protein in a 1500 calorie diet

AnnPT77

The MFP default percents aren't terrible for most people . . . unless those people are cutting calories too aggressively to get overall good nutrition, generically speaking. (Don't try to lose more than 0.5-1% of your current weight weekly, with a bias toward the lower end of that range unless you're so seriously obese that your weight itself is a significant health risk, in which case you should be under close medical supervision for nutritional or health complications.)

People who want to get more fine-grained than that may set a protein goal in grams (not percents) based on their fitness goals, body size, muscularity and other factors. Here are some resources for that:

https://examine.com/protein-intake-calculator/
https://examine.com/guides/protein-intake/

Fats, could go for maybe 0.35-0.45g per pound of bodyweight daily, with an effort to get MUFAs/PUFAs not just sat fats, and an eye to Omega-3/Omega-6 balance.

Carb levels aren't deeply meaningful in the abstract, unless you happen to be one of the people for whom too many carbs spike appetite (if so, eat fewer) or one of the people for whom too few carbs tank energy level (if so, eat more).

But the MFP defaults are a decent, uncomplicated place to start. You're not going to instantly be malnourished (unless you started out with a diagnosed deficiency), so you have time to work this out.

Further, if your main goal is weight loss, that's all about calories. Nutrition is important for health, but not directly relevant to weight loss. (Sub-par nutrition can have an indirect effect on weight loss, if poor nutrition causes fatigue that makes you burn fewer calories than expected due to low energy/less movement, or if poor nutrition results in such uncontrollable appetite/cravings that you can't stick to a calorie goal. The direct connection is still calories, though.)