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ramsfan84

CTL friends

Just wondering does everyone let mfp calculate protein fat carbs for each day? Or is everyone manually entering based on the book? Does everyone just stay at 1200 calories on low carb days? I have read posts that 1200 calories isn't enough to lose weight. My fit bit is syncing with mfp and constantly changing my calories. I understand why but still a bit confusing. I didn't change the fat carbs protein. I have just let mfp. I'm trying to go for simple here.

Thanks
Julie

ChristinePechulis

I think that I went in and originally changed my percentages and let MFP calculate from there. I agree that the 1,200 is low, BUT if you read the book it talks about an average of your calories over the course of the week. When you take into account your higher carb days and your "cheat day" -- it all averages out okay. If I have a really intense workout, I do up the calories a bit.

Recommitting tomorrow! Been off-track a tad for the last two weeks. Nothing drastic, just less focused. Back in the game tomorrow! :-)

--Christine

ramsfan84

Thanks Christine for your reply. I too have been off track but want to change that. Have a good one.

Julie

MidgeN27

I reset mine too. But since I vary every other day I just use the the pie chart to see where I am. I don't know if I'm doing it right but it's the way I'm keeping track...very confusing!

Dot2Dots

CTL friends

Just wondering does everyone let mfp calculate protein fat carbs for each day? Or is everyone manually entering based on the book? Does everyone just stay at 1200 calories on low carb days? I have read posts that 1200 calories isn't enough to lose weight. My fit bit is syncing with mfp and constantly changing my calories. I understand why but still a bit confusing. I didn't change the fat carbs protein. I have just let mfp. I'm trying to go for simple here.

Thanks
Julie

Hi Julie !

I manually change mine each day. I am eating 1500 calories on a Low Carb Day & 1800 calories on High Carb Day. I don't eat my exercise calorie burned either hence a 1 or 2 calorie burned.

babeinthemoon

Just wondering does everyone let mfp calculate protein fat carbs for each day? Or is everyone manually entering based on the book? Does everyone just stay at 1200 calories on low carb days? I have read posts that 1200 calories isn't enough to lose weight. My fit bit is syncing with mfp and constantly changing my calories. I understand why but still a bit confusing. I didn't change the fat carbs protein. I have just let mfp. I'm trying to go for simple here.

Julie, I don't use mfp's values for macros at all. So, I started out by using the calorie info in the book. When I started with CTL I was using a different calorie tracker... so I just ate according to the hand sizes that Chris recommends, and tracked everything I ate. I decided to shoot for a minimum of 100g of protein a day based on the recommended value of the morning breakfast shake. After I tracked my calories for a week or so, I decided on some ranges for fat & carb grams per day.

If you follow the book's calorie goals you will eat an average of 1500 calories a day. So, if you want to keep it simple... especially for now, follow Chris's hand signs, and make sure that you get in 1200 calories on low carb days, and 1500 on high carb days. On your funday, eat up to 2400 calories.

Personally, I'm going back to basics this month. I'm going to track everything I put in my mouth, and starting tomorrow, go by Chris's hand size guidelines again. I'll add extra veggies if I'm hungry, and will allow myself a 6th meal at the end of the day if I find that I haven't hit the 1200/1500 calories during the day. My funday goal will be to be within 2000-2400 calories. I won't care too much about macros, except to get to the 100g of protein a day. I'd like to get a new baseline, since I didn't track things like butter & milk in my omlette before... so I want to get a really good idea of what I'm really eating.