Goals

rstrong2011
rstrong2011 Posts: 1 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
I'm about three weeks new to My Fitness Pal and have a couple of questions. When I look at Nutrition is gives me a breakdown and my Goal for each one --- I'm assuming I should not exceed the daily goal -- for example: Protein is 15% I should stay under 15% --- does that seem low ? Also, I work out and it's pretty time consuming to input each individual exercise rep and so on is there an easier way ? Thanks In Advance!

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  • acogg
    acogg Posts: 1,870 Member
    This was a hard one for me too, at first. MFP sets protein too low, (it is set at a percent of diet) you will need to go into your setting to reset the protein percent to calories. Others are also set too low, like potassium. Some things you want to go in the red (YAY! You exceeded the minimum setting) others you want to be under. Do some research to find what is a healthy balance. When I first started to learn about a healthy diet I had two bad misinformation experiences. The first one was potassium, I was getting enough though it didn't look like it from MFP entries. Stupid me, it turned out that most entries don't include potassium. The most serious was sodium. I cut my sodium back so far that blood tests showed me under the recommended level. When I went for my check, my doctor lectured me that I was too low on blood sodium. I have decided to just live and enjoy my life, my body seems to be able process normal food without cutting back on anything except calories. My doctor told me that a healthy body can process sodium without any problem. YAY!!
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    I try to go under my carbs and fats but over my protein. You can't be under all three - they add to 100%. However, I know that when I ate more protein I'm not hungry, but if I eat too many carbs, I get hungry and gain weight even if I'm in my calories.
  • Helen_Luvnlife
    Helen_Luvnlife Posts: 230 Member
    I eat more protein too. Especially if you are doing strength training you need that protein for muscle repair. I aim for 25%, but I usually fall short. You will also find that if you eat fruit which I love your sugars will run way high. Unless you are diabetic I wouldn't worry about it. As far as recording your exercise, I just list strength training under cardio for the amount of minutes. The calorie burn is a guess because it depends on how much weight you are lifting and how long your rest periods are. Just do your best and you will do great.

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