new here and confused...help please :)

quererespoder

hey so this is my first day using the myfitnesspal tracking system....i generally eat healthy and i dont wanaa lose a lot of weight (5 kg maximum). but im confused about my food diary. according to it , i need 1,330 calories a day and so far i've consumed 1,033 during the day. so i have another 297 to consume (i set my weight tracker so i would loose a pound a week). and i have another 90 carbs to consume before i reach my daily level (183). the problem is the fat and the protein. the numbers for fat (63) and protein (31) are negative values and in red in the "remaining" row of my food diary. i assume this means ive gone overboard on consumption of these two. what im confused about is , obviously i need to get those 297 extra calories but at the same time i have no idea what foods to consume that wont make me go even more overboard on the fat and protein. i dont know of any(healthy) foods that are pure carb , which is the only thing i can still consume....so how does that work? im a bit dissapointed , is it normal to go overboard on some levels daily or do most of you manage to keep it under the daily levels? also im really hungry as of now , i barely had any breakfast (due to the cirumstances , not out of personal choice) i had pasta and tuna for lunch , peanuts and an apple for a snack and a grilled chicken sandwich with no dressing for dinner. is this normal? will my body get used to subsisting on less food eventually? i dont wanna starve myself and i cant believe that even though ive eaten very sensbily today im not only hungry but somehow managed to consume more fat than i should! uuugh! and it was all healthy food , too. sorry if these are dumb questions , ive never dieted before in my life , i do eat healthy its just i wanna drop a few pounds but it seems to be so hard and the food diary thing just discouraged me. any support , advice , tips , etc are welcome!

stronglikebull

its more than fine to go over the protein levels mfp sets. its set super low. my personal style of eating is higher fat, higher protein, lower carb so my vote would be to eat something with protein and maybe a little fat. scrambled eggs, yogurt, cottage cheese, a sandwich, etc. would all be good choices. just be mindful of it and try to work your eating habits closer to the p/f/c levels as you go. you can do it, good luck!

quererespoder

thanks for your reply...i wasnt worried too much about the protein, its the fat that i was like" o.O how can this be i havent had any unhealthy foods today" lol. right now my family is eating pizza and i want the last slice sooo bad lol but i guess i'll go have some eggs or something.... and another thing i was wondering about , im guessing when i start excercising next week i'll be able to consume more calories since im burning more right? currently im completely sedentary lol...its been a change , cuz up until a few years ago i was one of those girls who ate and ate and had no self control yet i was super skinny. so im not used to having self control with food or thinking about what i eat.

stronglikebull

yep! the basic premise of the site is that mfp calculates a deficit in calories based on how much you say you want to lose per week. so, if you do no exercise and eat your goal, you will lose weight. when you exercise and burn calories, the site suggests eating some/all of those calories back so you don't create too large a deficit for yourself. definitely experiment with eating back those calories to find what works for you but always give yourself at least a week on any particular experiment in order to see if its really going to work.

as far as your nutrients, i would suggest tweaking your ratios to 40% carbs, 30% each protein and fat and see if that fits your eating habits better. its a good starting point and people will play with those numbers, but for the average person with no health/food issues, 40/30/30 works well.