Going over carbs

musicgirl99

MFP has set my calorie goal to 1,200 daily which I've been netting daily but every other day or so I've been over on carbs (usually under on fat). Will this stall or slow down my weight loss progress? I've been losing weight but very slowly. I'd appreciate your thoughts. Thanks.

stfuriada

The percentages and grams are just guidelines.

Just remember:

Protein = 4 cals per g
Carb = 4 cals per g
Fat = 9 cals per g

Sarauk2sf

It really depends on your sensitivity to carbs (especially re water weight). However, you should really make sure you keep your fats and proteins up (keeps your body working healthily), so if you are over on carbs you will be under on those - and the default settings in MFP for those are already low. I would suggest you look into whether 1200 calories is really the right level for you.

debbiestine

what are your carbs set to? try to set them around 100 and then stay away from bread, pasta, rice. just have a little steel cut oats, quinoa, ezekial bread once in awhile. (i used to eat bagels, 2 slices of high fiber bread and brown rice daily- and couldn't lose weight)

I was just reading about Atkins b/c it's low carb- and kind of what i try to do except I let myself have dairy too. I was confused about carbs- but just found out when they say stay low "20" on carbs what they mean is subtract fiber from carbs to get "net carbs".

I'm around 1200-1400 calories a day too. I'm 5.2 110lbs and my diary is public.

musicgirl99

Thanks for your replies. My daily carbs are set to 165