Your MFP Food Log

AngelicxAnnihilation
AngelicxAnnihilation Posts: 336 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I know you can track 5 different nutrional things in your log, (i'm currently looking for calories, sodium, fat, carbs, and saturated fat) My question for you is which ones are you tracking just to give me an idea what I should be looking at. I know fat is the not bad but there are other fats like saturated and monosaturated that are bad.

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  • denezy
    denezy Posts: 573 Member
    Most peope are more interested in their macronutrients - Protein, Carbs, Fat. Would say it is most common to track those three plus sugar and sodium.

    I am also conscious of fibre.
  • PicklePlum
    PicklePlum Posts: 192 Member
    I set it to:

    Carbs, Sugar, Protein, Sodium, and Fiber
  • alaskaang
    alaskaang Posts: 493 Member
    Carbs, Sugar, Fiber, Protein and Fat
  • Martucha123
    Martucha123 Posts: 1,089 Member
    saturated fats are only bad if you are eating more then you should and not moving
    if you eat less then you burn then your body will burn them just like other fats

    I track calcium and fiber, cose I want strong bones and I enjoy doing number 2 every day :blushing:
  • jflint86
    jflint86 Posts: 74 Member
    Mono- and polyunsaturated fats are healthy for you. Saturated and trans fats are the ones you need to limit.
  • Love_flowers
    Love_flowers Posts: 365 Member
    Calories Carbs Protein Fat Sodium Sugar
  • kat5556
    kat5556 Posts: 164 Member
    It really depends if you have any health issues. If your just tracking weight the important ones are Protein, Carbs, Fat & Fiber. For me I deal with - or used to deal with - high cholesterol & high blood pressure so I add in Cholesterol, Sodium and Potassium to my macros. Fortunately, both are under control with my new life style but I'll continue to track these things.
  • EmmaM2211
    EmmaM2211 Posts: 536 Member
    Protein, Carbs, Fat and Sodium - the only one I'm strict on really is my carbs - try and keep it below 45% as an absolute max but aim to be closer to 30% (not that I EVER manage it...)
    I monitor sodium so I know when to stay off the scales for a few days but it wouldnt stop me having something if I wanted it.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I've changed what I track a few times since I joined. Currently I track: Calories, Fat, Saturated fat, Calcium, Protein and Carbs.

    At various other times I've tracked sodium, sugar, fiber, iron and potassium.
  • mabelbabel1
    mabelbabel1 Posts: 391 Member
    I track Carbs, Protein, Fat, Fibre and Sugar.
    I'm not really worried about sugar just do it as a guide for me. Fibre I track as I like to make sure I eat around 30g a day. Fat, I can end up being very low on and so I like to track it as my nails and skin start to get dry if I don't have enough. The others I don't mind if I go over on. Sometimes I have more carby days others are more proteiny....swings and roundabouts.
  • Erienneb
    Erienneb Posts: 592 Member
    RIght now I look at fat, protein, sugar, sodium, and potassium (because I need to up this)
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    Fat, carbs, protein, sodium, and fiber
  • AngelicxAnnihilation
    AngelicxAnnihilation Posts: 336 Member
    oh yeah there's 6 including cals.. whoops. I've got protien in there too. lol. i'll probably switch sat fats for fiber.. I'll switch back and forth lol.
  • AmeChops
    AmeChops Posts: 744 Member
    Carbs, Fat, Protein, Fibre and Sodium
  • BlackKat75
    BlackKat75 Posts: 210 Member
    Calories, Carbs, Protein, Fat, Fiber, and Sodium. I have also tweaked the MFP recommendations for these because I think the defaults are a little off for me.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Fiber

    I'm good at going over on Cals, carbs, fat & sodium, and being under on protein & fiber. :tongue:

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