calories and macros not matching

missabeez
missabeez Posts: 280 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hey everyone.

So i discovered this morning that i had 30 calories remaining for the day but was in the red for each of my macros. I added it up and according to my protein fat and Carb grams, I should have been 100 calories over budget.

I checked mango in the usds database and got the following information:

Mango: 100g
Calories: 60
Fat: 0.4g
Protein: 0.8g
Carbs: 15g
Fibre: 1.6g
Sugar: 14g

If i add up the fat, protein, and carb calories based on grams (9,4,4 calories per gram)
I end up with 67 calories. I know its not much but avocodo for example should be 160cals but I added up to about 200.....being off by 50-100 calories every day will eventually catch up with me so.....

Is there a step I'm missing?? Am I supposed to not count the fibre content or something?

Hope this makes sense.

Replies

  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    1. Numbers can be rounded up.
    2. Database doesn't account for fiber.
    3. Improper entries in the database since people suck at math.

    Being a few grams off +/- won't make that much of a difference. Its just all about consistency. Focusing on hitting your macro goals being consistent and it'll all work out.

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