customizing goals

sherig1127

Hi everyone- I just started MFP this week . Just wondering if people customize their carb/protein / fat/ ratio on their goals, since eating this way says I am way over on that fat and protein. If so what do most people re-set their ratios to? I would like to lose 30 pounds .
Thanks!

jennaworksout

mine are set at 20% carb, 40% protein 40% fat...

sherig1127

Thanks Jenna, so how do I convert tha
t to grams under the goals if I am tracking?

hilliardjoe

Go to the My Home tab.
Select the Goals.
Hit the Change Goals button.
Select customize.
You should then have a list of items you can select.
Adjust the Fat, Carbs and Protein percentages you want. It will automatically adjust so that they always equal 100%.

sherig1127

Thanks Ladies , I got it! now that just raised another question . Is 1200 calories about right - how did everyone set up their caloric goal ? I set up my account months ago - then didn't do anything with it until now and that's just what it gave me for a number of calories s day to lose approx 2 pounds a week. Is this the amount most of you try to stick to?

ajourney2beme

I used the following site to help figure out my ratios:

http://www.paleoz.com/nutrition/carbohydrates-proteins-and-fatswhat-ratio/

Your calories come from the Carb, Fat, Protein numbers which it explains on the website. It just helped me get a base of what I needed.

sherig1127

sorry Joe - thanks yo you too- that was a great help!

momof2osaurus

I used the following site to help figure out my ratios:

http://www.paleoz.com/nutrition/carbohydrates-proteins-and-fatswhat-ratio/

Your calories come from the Carb, Fat, Protein numbers which it explains on the website. It just helped me get a base of what I needed.

I feel like this should have been obvious, but it TOTALLY wasn't. This was a great read, thank you for posting it!

hilliardjoe

sorry Joe - thanks yo you too- that was a great help!

No problem.

I've come to realize that MFP has a massive female to male ratio in it's members. Or at least the ones that seem to post.

babymaddux

I used the following site to help figure out my ratios:

http://www.paleoz.com/nutrition/carbohydrates-proteins-and-fatswhat-ratio/

Your calories come from the Carb, Fat, Protein numbers which it explains on the website. It just helped me get a base of what I needed.

very helpful, thanks! but how on earth are we meant to get up to 65% of our calories from fats? what kind of fats? i'm really struggling to understand where i can get that level of fat intake from...

fitnessbugg

Nuts and nut butters are a great source of fat. Salad dressing, bacon, bacon grease, cooking fats are others. I don't seem to have a problem getting my fats in

babymaddux

Nuts and nut butters are a great source of fat. Salad dressing, bacon, bacon grease, cooking fats are others. I don't seem to have a problem getting my fats in

i eat english bacon which is a different cut and has a lower fat content, i don't feel like i've eaten any bacon with the american cut. i also possibly don't eat enough of it. i might try getting some nut butters, but i've never been a big fan. i'll give it a try, thanks.

TS65

I used the following site to help figure out my ratios:

http://www.paleoz.com/nutrition/carbohydrates-proteins-and-fatswhat-ratio/

Your calories come from the Carb, Fat, Protein numbers which it explains on the website. It just helped me get a base of what I needed.

very helpful, thanks! but how on earth are we meant to get up to 65% of our calories from fats? what kind of fats? i'm really struggling to understand where i can get that level of fat intake from...

I'm not worried about fats - I'm wondering how I could even remotely get less than 16g carbs (6-7%)? Maybe if he's talking simple carbs, but even my veggie/nut/berry consumption keeps me closer to 75-100g per day! :noway:

fitnessbugg

If you're trying to really cut the carbs, fruit should be very scarce in your diet. That might be where you are getting most of your carbs.

ajwolters

16g?! Can you tell us how you arrived at that? Any less than 50g a day should be sufficient to lose weight. I just have mine set at 15% of calories.

babymaddux

I used the following site to help figure out my ratios:

http://www.paleoz.com/nutrition/carbohydrates-proteins-and-fatswhat-ratio/

Your calories come from the Carb, Fat, Protein numbers which it explains on the website. It just helped me get a base of what I needed.

very helpful, thanks! but how on earth are we meant to get up to 65% of our calories from fats? what kind of fats? i'm really struggling to understand where i can get that level of fat intake from...

I'm not worried about fats - I'm wondering how I could even remotely get less than 16g carbs (6-7%)? Maybe if he's talking simple carbs, but even my veggie/nut/berry consumption keeps me closer to 75-100g per day! :noway:

i'm with you on that, i love grapes and berries. giving up grapes would make me cry

TS65

16g?! Can you tell us how you arrived at that? Any less than 50g a day should be sufficient to lose weight. I just have mine set at 15% of calories.

I was at work and didn't have time to read his full algebra formula so I took his percentages:

Nutrient Percentage
Carbohydrate ~7% - our choices here are 5 or 10% if we do custom, so 5% = 16g, 10% = 33g. I'll probably shoot for 20 - 25.
Protein ~29%
Fat ~64%

I've changed my numbers to see how I'll do. If I hadn't have had oatmeal this morning I'd have been just fine with the % he gave.

ajwolters

Ok, I see now. Near the end of the article, for fat loss, it says "Our food should therefore come from about 10% Carbs / 30% Protein / %60 Fat..." I do note that the article seems geared to men and manly calorie amounts

Shadowknight137

I don't believe in ratios, myself. I just make sure I get about 1g protein and 0.5g fat MINIMUM per lb of my bodyweight, and fill the rest of my calories with whatever. Hitting sme arbitrary number seems like a waste of time. That, and I like grapes.