Very frustrated with MFP, help!
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jdb3388
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What in the world am I doing wrong? I have my Net calories set at 1350, so that by the time I eat 2000 and exercise 650 I will be spot on what I wanna be, however, for some reason MFP decided to only allow you to adjust your Macros based on a percentage rather than a number, I can't adjust my Macros correctly. Is there a way to fix this?
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Do the math to figure out the percentages?0
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1350 is way too low to be your net calories.
So, there's that.0 -
I know very few men who should net 1350 calories.0
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Just hit your original macro minimums then have what you like with your exercise cals.0
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1350 is way too low to be your net calories.
So, there's that.
Agreed...
But you have to get ot the closest percentage you can...it wont be exact but close enough.0 -
Also, when I change the percentage, there's the numbers next to it that show what that is in grams. Do you get that, too? Does it show you what the percentage translates to in grams?
Edit to add. Oh I see, you are frustrated that it gives you different numbers as you add exercise.0 -
Why such a large deficit?0
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http://karoshiethos.com/2013/08/10/bookmarklet-for-more-accurate-goal-percentages-in-myfitnesspal/
You need to put this in your favorites, and once you get to the screen where you change your goals, you go into your faves and click it. It will switch to 1% increments.0 -
How is this hard?
I know my protein minimum is 130g
I know my fat minimum is 80g
The rest is carbs
So it doesn't matter if MFP uses the percentage. I can use my fancy-brain to see whether I met or exceeded (yay!) my minimums.0 -
I dont understand, I am actually eating 2000. My TDEE is only 2700. That's not but a 700 calorie deficit on the eating side, and it isn't the point. The point is, my Macros should be 207 Protien, 151 Carb and 72 Fat. I can't get the percentages anywhere even close to that.0
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I a disagree. 1350 (A 650 deficit) is just over 1 lb a week if the settings are on sedentary like me to track exercise calories. 1200 is the threshold. It is considered safe to lose up to 2 lbs. per week.0
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I a disagree. 1350 (A 650 deficit) is just over 1 lb a week if the settings are on sedentary like me to track exercise calories. 1200 is the threshold. It is considered safe to lose up to 2 lbs. per week.
For women.
And no one should be losing 2 pounds a week unless they're severely obese.0 -
Ewps.0
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I a disagree. 1350 (A 650 deficit) is just over 1 lb a week if the settings are on sedentary like me to track exercise calories. 1200 is the threshold. It is considered safe to lose up to 2 lbs. per week.
For women.
And no one should be losing 2 pounds a week unless they're severely obese.
Officially speaking, I am obese. I should be losing 2 lbs a week.0 -
I a disagree. 1350 (A 650 deficit) is just over 1 lb a week if the settings are on sedentary like me to track exercise calories. 1200 is the threshold. It is considered safe to lose up to 2 lbs. per week.
For women.
And no one should be losing 2 pounds a week unless they're severely obese.
Officially speaking, I am obese. I should be losing 2 lbs a week.
Not really.
210 @ 5'5 merits maybe 1.5 pounds a week at most.0 -
And for the love of God, I understand how to count and I know how to do all the "fancy brainwork" to make it add up, but thats not the point of having MFP. The point is for it to do all of those things for you so it can show accurate charts and graphs based on the data you've entered.0
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So when you go into settings/custom, you can't change the calories to 2000 with the percentages that give you the grams as close to your goal as possible?0
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And for the love of God, I understand how to count and I know how to do all the "fancy brainwork" to make it add up, but thats not the point of having MFP. The point is for it to do all of those things for you so it can show accurate charts and graphs based on the data you've entered.
Oh, I didn't realize that was the point of MFP.0 -
I come up with 40% protein, 29% carbs and 31% fat for you to reach those number of grams, if your goal is 2080 calories.0
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I come up with 40% protein, 29% carbs and 31% fat for you to reach those number of grams, if your goal is 2080 calories.
So do you think I'd be better off changing it to 2000 Net and then just not worry about the exercise putting me under every day? That will throw off my tracking tho?0
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