Over on protein, is this a bad thing?

Alatariel75
Alatariel75 Posts: 18,211 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hey all, Just joined after being a Weight Watcher for a long time (on and off and most recently on and on and more on). I got sick of them changing the program!

Anyway, day 1 and I've tracked my food and I'm 22g in the red for protein and 90g in the green for carbs, even though each meal has a reasonable amount of each.

Breakfast was baked beans, lunch a ham, cream cheese and salad wholemeal roll, dinner is a lamb stew with potato and snacks include corn thins.

So I'm hardly eating low carb, but also wouldn't think I was over doing the protein!

My question is - given we are counting calories, does it matter that I'm over on protein and under on carbs? Should I just switch the tracker for those off and concentrate on calories for now?

Thanks!

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  • AaronPybas
    AaronPybas Posts: 11
    Hey whats happenin! I'm not an expert or anything, but it's not protein or carbs alone that makes you fat, it's an over consumption of calories. From all of the fitness gurus out there, what I've understood is, as long as you burn more calories than what you intake, you'll lose weight. I'm just giving my opinion, hope you find what you're looking for. Goodluck!
  • chocl8girl
    chocl8girl Posts: 1,968 Member
    No.
  • mgobluetx12
    mgobluetx12 Posts: 1,326 Member
    MFP sets protein pitifully low, so if you're consistently going over (like most people I know who have MFP settings), then go to My Home - Goals - Change - Custom settings and increase your protein percentage. 30% protein/40% carbs/30% fat is pretty standard around here and what works for a lot of people. More protein is always better!
  • prairiedawg2014
    prairiedawg2014 Posts: 367
    bump
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,211 Member
    Great, thanks guys, I thought it was odd. Vevvie, thanks so much, I couldn't work out how to change it. Got it sorted now!

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