Protein

doodiefit
doodiefit Posts: 2
in Food and Nutrition
when your protein runs in the negative but your calories are on track, are there any consequences and or dietary negatives? my protein is running about 20g over my estimated goal. what does this mean? help? im new to this calorie counting. im new to fitness pal as well. Hello!!!!!

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  • Shamrock_me
    Shamrock_me Posts: 161
    Welcome - nope nothing at all wrong with going over if you are using the standard MFP set up. Myfitnesspal has that number set pretty low. Way too low for me so I customized it to be pretty high and have the fat & carbs go low. That way I am more aware of the things I don't want to eat too much of.
  • craigineson
    craigineson Posts: 88 Member
    Welcome - nope nothing at all wrong with going over if you are using the standard MFP set up.

    I would be inclined to agree. I custom set my macros the moment I came on here, as I have specific macronutrient goals to meet my training. Presently my protein is set at about 175. I can't remember what it is my default, but it's pitifully low... I eat more protein than the default in a single meal!
  • doodiefit
    doodiefit Posts: 2
    thank you for your response. how do i customize it? what should carbs and fat be at? i know i should be eating about 100g of protein a day. i find that really hard!
  • testease
    testease Posts: 220
    going over is fine,

    MFP is low anyway. Also note that any protein your body does not use, will be converted to glucose to fuel the body. Nothing to worry about.
  • craigineson
    craigineson Posts: 88 Member
    thank you for your response. how do i customize it? what should carbs and fat be at? i know i should be eating about 100g of protein a day. i find that really hard!

    That depends who you ask (low-carbers, paleo eaters, low-fat eaters, etc)

    I would first recommend you work out your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) - the number of calories you burn per day with activity taken into account. There are many calculators on Google if you search.

    Then you need to determine what kind of macro-nutrient spread you want.

    Personally, I go for 35% protein, 60% fat, and 5% carbohydrate (Yes ladies and gentlemen, you read that right... 60% fat... Mostly saturated. Life is good.)

    However, more conventional diets would be something like 20% Protein, 20% fat, 60% carbohydrates.

    Your best bet is to have a search and read around on the internet. I can't tell you what you need because I don't know what you're looking to accomplish :)
  • craigineson
    craigineson Posts: 88 Member
    Oh, and you can customise it by going to the "Food" tab, and then settings I believe :)

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