Changing Macros

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patrickblo13
patrickblo13 Posts: 831 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Are you able to change your marcros on MFP? For example, I am trying up my protein intake, can I change the suggest intake?

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  • micheleb15
    micheleb15 Posts: 1,418 Member
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    Under goals, click custom and choose what you want.
  • patrickblo13
    patrickblo13 Posts: 831 Member
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    I found that after I postet...thanks. Now trying to figure out what to set my macros too!!
  • kippersnack123
    kippersnack123 Posts: 1 Member
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    unfortunately the macros have to "add" up. I want my macros to be 120 f 120 p 25 c 1750 calls...it won't let me change it to that. any suggestions on how to really customize?
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited April 2015
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    Those macros don't fit that calorie goal: 120 f+120 p+25 c=1080+480+100=1660 calories

    You could get close to those macros by changing to 1660 calories and setting them at 65% fat, 30% protein, and 5% carbs, which would make them 120 g fat, 125 g protein, and 21 g carbs.

    Or you could keep the same ratio at 1750 and get 126 g fat, 131 g protein, and 22 g protein.

    Or if you go 60-30-10 at the higher calorie level you get: 117 g fat, 131 g protein, and 44 g carbs.

    There's supposed to be a way to override this and set exact gram numbers (although they will still have to add up), but I don't know it--I tend to aim for a range anyway, so don't need mine to be exact.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    irishman213 wrote: »
    I found that after I postet...thanks. Now trying to figure out what to set my macros too!!

    There's good advice on this in the Eat, Train, Progress forum.

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