Confused about myfitnesspal?

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reneelizzyt
reneelizzyt Posts: 5 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
If we're given a calorie goal, let's say...1400 calories a day, does this take into account our fat, protein and carb intake? As those macronutrients all contain calories per gram. So shouldn't calorie goals be lower? Because if you're consuming around 49 grams of fat, which is around 440 calories and more from other macronutrients, doesn't this mean you are going over your cal limit? Eating around 1800-2000 calories a day?

Confused as to why myfitnesspal doesn't add this to our caloric goal, can someone please help?

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  • gramacanada
    gramacanada Posts: 558 Member
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    It doesn't matter what nutrients you eat. A calorie is a calorie. MFP leaves it up to you to decide how many of each nutrient you consume. And at what percentage. They give you a guide line of each. Everything is included in the calorie total they give you. If you eat 440 calories of fat at 1400 calories per day it means you have 960 calories left for other food that day. 1400 is your TOTAL. No matter what it is you eat you subtract it from that total.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,344 Member
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    Huh? Your macronutrient (carbs, fat, protein) should add up to your total calorie intake. Proteins and carbs have 4 cal/gram, fats are 9 cal/gram. How are you figuring that those aren't included in the totals? If your calories don't come from carbs, fats and protein, what would they come from?
  • girl_afraid82
    girl_afraid82 Posts: 178 Member
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    :indifferent:
    I have read and re-read this about eight times now and still can't work out what you mean.

    The macronutrients are what is in your food... the chemical elements of it. Their calorie content is included in the calorie content of the food that you log. Fattier foods will (likely) have more calories, as fat as a macronutrient has more calories per gram than say, protein. So if you eat lots of high fat foods... you can't eat as much food in general before you hit your calorie target and you're likely to not hit your other macro targets either.
    But this is all taken into account when you set up your goals. You can alter the percentages of macros that you aim for if you like, but your calorie goal will remain the same.

    Or am I totally missing the point of what you're asking?
    I am so confused.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
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    Yes it takes into account carbs, fat and protein. Where else would your calories come from? (Other than alcohol...)

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