Logging food question

Finally22

Ok I started logging my food on Saturday - have had 5 great days and I feel like I am in control of it. I work out every day -and don't use the extra calories that I got from that... my question is - do I need to lower my fats or carbs in order to lose??? I will weigh myself on Saturday at the gym. Help please....

Kelly_Wilson1990

I set my protein up and lowered my carbs. I eat about 100 carbs a day and about the 100-120 grams of protein a day. I keep my fat at 40 grams or less a day and sugar at 30 grams or less a day.

erickirb

no, overall calories is what matters, but you should be eating at least some of the extra calories as when you exercise your body requires more fuel, and MFP gave you a caloric intake to lose your goal amount of weight with no exercise. So once you exercise your deficit becomes even larger, which may or may not be safe/healthy.

As an example, say your day to day requirements are like a tank of gas. if you use a tank of gas/week going to and from work, if you go on any extra trips or errands you will need to add more gas in order to have enough gas to get to work. So if you need 1200 for day to day stuff (you will lose weight with 1200 cals and no exercise), then when you do extra (workout) you need to put more calories in your body.

Finally22

Should the extra calories "given" to me be in Protein or it shouldn't matter - if it is calories that count... what happens if I am below the calories but don't feel hungry?

CynthiaCollin

no, overall calories is what matters, but you should be eating at least some of the extra calories as when you exercise your body requires more fuel, and MFP gave you a caloric intake to lose your goal amount of weight with no exercise. So once you exercise your deficit becomes even larger, which may or may not be safe/healthy.

As an example, say your day to day requirements are like a tank of gas. if you use a tank of gas/week going to and from work, if you go on any extra trips or errands you will need to add more gas in order to have enough gas to get to work. So if you need 1200 for day to day stuff (you will lose weight with 1200 cals and no exercise), then when you do extra (workout) you need to put more calories in your body.

Agreed !

Mama_CAEI

If you're below your calories that day and don't feel hungry, don't eat. This journey is about new habits and a new lifestyle, and some of us need to retrain ourselves on how to eat mindfully instead of mindlessly. In other words, don't eat just for the sake of using up your calories.

Josee76

no, overall calories is what matters, but you should be eating at least some of the extra calories as when you exercise your body requires more fuel, and MFP gave you a caloric intake to lose your goal amount of weight with no exercise. So once you exercise your deficit becomes even larger, which may or may not be safe/healthy.

As an example, say your day to day requirements are like a tank of gas. if you use a tank of gas/week going to and from work, if you go on any extra trips or errands you will need to add more gas in order to have enough gas to get to work. So if you need 1200 for day to day stuff (you will lose weight with 1200 cals and no exercise), then when you do extra (workout) you need to put more calories in your body.

Perfect way to look at it!

LuciaLongIsland

I set my protein up and lowered my carbs. I eat about 100 carbs a day and about the 100-120 grams of protein a day. I keep my fat at 40 grams or less a day and sugar at 30 grams or less a day.

LuciaLongIsland

How do you do that?