What should I keep track beside Calories on my Food Diary?

JennifercitaDEgomez

I have a question on which are the most importan to keep track on my Food Diary beside CALORIES?? since the programm only allow us a few of them:

- Carbo
- Fat
- Protein
- Sugar
- Saturated Fat
- Sodium
- Fiber
- Trans Fat
- Potassium
- Vitamins

drmerc

Calories, Protein, Fat, Carbs, Sodium seems like a good set

*Note I mostly track sodium because of my high blood pressure

gaylynn35

Calories, Protein, Fat, Carbs, Sodium seems like a good set

*Note I mostly track sodium because of my high blood pressure

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ccarre81

carbs, fibre, sugar, protein, fat.

Sidesteal

Protein, Carbs, Fat, Calories.


I would say that pretty much everyone should track the above. The rest would depend on individual needs.

Jewelforyou

I do Calories, Carbs, Fat, Protein, Fiber and Calcium. As a female I was shocked at how little calcium I get on a daily basis. And I'm someone that actually likes milk!

GURLEY_GIRL3

same but i do pottasium instead of fiber because mine runs low

FireBrand80

Protein, Carbs, Fat, Calories.


I would say that pretty much everyone should track the above. The rest would depend on individual needs.

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danahake

I do fat, sugar, carbs, fiber, and cals.. Those are important to me.

newcs

I track: calories, carbs, fat, protein, sugar, sodium, fiber I believe. Track anything you think you'll want to check your progress and adjust to your goal (I have to make a conscious effort to keep my protein in line with my goals) or anything you want/need to work on (for me: sodium & fiber). I'm not actually sure why I track sugar. I'm pretty aware of how much sugar I use and am already minimizing the non-natural sugar so I don't really use that part of the report.

omgiacobbi

I keep track of fiber, sodium, sugars, and protein. I don't get enough fiber and protein, and too much of the other two, so that's why I watch them.

Linda_Darlene

Calories, Protein, Fat, Carbs, Sodium seems like a good set

*Note I mostly track sodium because of my high blood pressure

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And I track my calcium intake as well.

All the other items can be also looked at if you go to the daily report.

denitraross

Calories, Protein, Fat, Carbs, Sodium seems like a good set

*Note I mostly track sodium because of my high blood pressure

These

Echo this...you will discover sodium is the devil...and even when you excercise this number DOES NOT increase...once I started tracking this and staying under, much better results!!

SibylDiane

I track fiber (family history of cardiovascular problems, fiber helps), calcium, protein, fat, and sodium (high blood pressure). I guess it depends on what each person's health considerations are and what their beliefs are about how best to eat healthy or lose weight. For example, I think carbs are great and have no interest in limiting them, so I don't bother counting them. Lots of other people feel differently though. My plan is low: calorie, fat, sodium and high: fiber, protein. Let the carbs fall where they may.

1SlimShaylee

Protein, Carbs, Fat, Calories.


I would say that pretty much everyone should track the above. The rest would depend on individual needs.

this is all you need! trust sidesteal, he's da man!

stlhrs

Calories, Protein, Fat, Carbs, Sodium seems like a good set

*Note I mostly track sodium because of my high blood pressure

These

Yep these. I also track the types of fat. Remember some types of fat are healthy (unsaturated) others are unhealthy (saturated, trans). Knowing how much of each you're consuming may help.

needamulligan

Calories, Protein, Fat, Carbs, Sodium seems like a good set

*Note I mostly track sodium because of my high blood pressure

These. But as a woman, you might want to keep tabs on iron and calcium. I tend towards anemia (as most women can be) and discovered that I don't get anywhere near my daily requirements through diet. Truthfully, I don't know why people track sugar. It's summed up by your carb total. Also, sodium plays a big role in water retention. If you are one to live and die by the scale you might want to keep this low for vanity as well as health.

TheRealParisLove

I track calories, carbs, protein, fiber, and sodium. Since I don't eat much in the way of processed foods or sweets, I decided not to worry about sugar. If you are diabetic or have a sweet tooth, tracking sugar may be more important to you than some of the other headings.

DesignGuy

I also do cals, carbs, protein, fiber and sodium.

MummaSue

In addition to calories, I track protein, fat, carbs, sodium and calcium.
I know I often have a hard time getting all my calcium, but I now have a protein shake with light soya milk that seems to be helping, and sodium because it's evil what it can do to your weight!
But, imho, it really is a case of Fat, Protein and Carbs for sure, the rest is up to you!

SuffolkSally

They're all on your full report anyway, and you can look back over different reporting periods to see if there are any persistent unders or overs - it depends what your main aims and concerns are. My top four are calories (maximum goal), fibre, protein, calcium (minimum goals so aiming for numbers a little in the red). I also keep and eye on fat intake.

Carbs are on my daily macros at the moment although I don't really know why, thinking about it, as I'm not really interested - in any case I don't think they've ever been over! I don't eat much processed food andvery little junk, so I don't bother with sodium, and I'm not a sweets-and-cakes type so I don't have sugar on there, but I do look back at the longer terms reports on both of these to make sure I'm happy with the averages.

PetulantOne

I track carbs, fat, protein, sodium, and chol. I always wonder though if the levels MFP sets are the levels I should be at?

DoomCakes

I track Calories, Carbs, Protein, Sat Fat (because my cholesterol was running a little high and this is a contributor to it as well as this is a bad fat), Cholesterol (as stated before), and Sugar, since Sugar is usually high for me in the past and everything else runs fine. However, note with my sugar I don't count the natural sugar that is found in fruit. I basically am looking at where did I add sugar or what was added processed sugar.

AllonsYtotheTardis

I track Cals, carb, fat, protein, fibre and sodium. I was tracking calcium, to get an idea of how I was doing with that, and saw that I consistently get over the 100 mark daily, so I switched to tracking sodium (since there's a history of high blood pressure in my family). That was an eye-opener. I have to track fibre because I noticed I feel awful when I don't get enough.

bluebird321

I track fat, protein, sugar, carbs and potassium. I sweat a great deal doing my workouts (hot yoga and kettlebells), so i'm usually worried about potassium levels; therefore, I track it. My personal choice is to keep sugar very low, so I track that also. It just depends on what your preference is:)

magerum

Calories of course, Protein, Fat, Carbs, Fiber... I track sugar and potassium just for the hell of it.

gramacanada

If you're not eating a lot of processed foods. You won't be getting a lot of sugar, fat or salt. And you will be getting most of your other nutrients on a proportional basis. MFP is weird with fiber and protein listings. They seem very low. The fruit sugar argument is going to come up here. Decide for yourself. I have 5 listed. I change them up often just because, that way I keep a rotating check on nutrients that might need correcting. 3500 mgs of salt is a teaspoon. 5 grams of sugar is a teaspoon. I've never seen another health that Gives you a daily allowable measure for sugar consumption.

supplemama

I do calories, carbs, protein, fat, fiber, sodium

stargazer008

I do cals, carbs, protein, fat, fibre and sugar.

Definitely track sugar!

CyberEd312

I keep it simple and track:

Calories
Protein
Carbs
Fat

I drink 125 oz. of water a day and have never tracked a gram of sodium or sugar in my entire weightloss journey... Best of Luck...

Dad_of_3

These, plus fiber:

Calories, Protein, Fat, Carbs, Sodium seems like a good set