Needing info. on carbs and protein.....

its not about calories its about protein carbs and fat.... you should consume ALOT of protein 50% and little carbs 35% and smaller fat 15% I do 27G protein 20g carb and 3g fat per meal and 7-10g protein 5g carb and 1-2g fat for 2 snacks a day. do this and you will be set...

NO dairy or soy... especially if you are female... Soy adds weight to thighs, belly, and waist. It is good if you are or want to be pregnant in the near future... dairy holds back weight as well. Try to limit the amount of meat you eat... i dont eat any. I eat eggs and protein shakes for my main protein source. I also eat peanut butter for a snack

Everyone's got good suggestions. I have been studying nutrition fiercely since I have started using MFP, and it gets extremely complicated with what fats you want (saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated), what fats you want to avoid, (trans, too much of the other three), the fatty acids you need (Omegas, in varying quantities), what kind of carbs you want to consume, (whole grains, fiber, veggies, etc), what carbs you should avoid large quantities of (anything refined, such as white rice, white flour, sugar, etc), and the various kinds of proteins and how much of each you should eat in a day.

If you want to get into all that information, it will completely boggle the mind. Follow a very simple piece of advice that I have seen many other people offer: eat more than 1200 gross calories a day, and less than what MFP recommends as your net, and you will lose weight. It doesn't need to be any more complicated than that.

How much of each macro nutrient to eat (protein/carbs/fat) is far too academic for our purposes, especially in the beginning of our journey. Regardless of what you eat, if you create a calorie deficit, you will lose weight. period.

The Zone for changing bad habits and losing forever... protein keeps muscle you have and aids in slight muscle gain. You have to give your body fat in order for it to release fat, but not too much that you gain fat. Carbs is the #1 reason most people gain weight. Since carbs turns into pure white sugar, unless it is complex carbs, then it turns to complex sugar. .

The regular milk thing was something possibly just with me but I would drink 1-2 glasses a day and didnt lose, then stoped with milk and BAM lost weight. Here is some info on the soy milk.--

"Soy milk may provide some health benefits for women, especially menopausal women. However, soy products are considered phytoestrogens since soy proteins contain isoflavones, which are compounds similar to estrogen. Soy milk consumption among perimenopausal women is the focus of many research studies, since soy isoflavones may have effects on a woman's hormones." - Livestrong

"But Newbold and other researchers are not convinced that eating more soy is healthy for everyone. Infants fed soy formula ingest six to 11 times more genistein on a bodyweight basis than the level known to cause hormonal effects in adults.

“Giving an infant or child estrogen is never a good thing,” said Newbold.

Though studies on the harmful effects of soy isoflavones in people have been limited and inconclusive, there’s strong evidence from animal studies that genistein alters reproduction and embryonic development, according to Newbold, a co-author of two of the new rodent studies.

In some lab studies, animals were fed doses similar to what people might get from a high-soy diet, which would be roughly 25 or more grams per day. Blood levels of genistein in people eating a lot of soy are generally in the range of one to five micromoles, or about one milligram of genistein circulating in the body of an average adult.

One study showed that genistein led to reduced fertility and abnormal embryo development in female mice. They were fed one to ten micromoles in their drinking water for four days. The highest doses were associated with fewer eggs that were successfully fertilized and increased cell death in developing embryos. Wen-Hsiung Chan at Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan conducted the study, which was published in July in the journal Reproductive Toxicology.

In another study, young female rats were fed high, medium, or low doses of genistein. Those fed the largest quantities from birth to weaning had reproductive effects later, including early puberty and irregular estrous cycles (similar to the menstrual cycle in humans). High doses also led to smaller litters." -ScientificAmerican

Oh, god my head hurts.

Milk is not bad for you.
The only advice I'm going to give here is to

a) ignore the dairy scare people.
b) Search new roadmap and read that thread.

I've spent too much time on the forums this morn - someone else can address the GreyEyes posts....

its not about calories its about protein carbs and fat.... you should consume ALOT of protein 50% and little carbs 35% and smaller fat 15% I do 27G protein 20g carb and 3g fat per meal and 7-10g protein 5g carb and 1-2g fat for 2 snacks a day. do this and you will be set...

NO dairy or soy... especially if you are female... Soy adds weight to thighs, belly, and waist. It is *not* good if you are or want to be pregnant in the near future... dairy holds back weight as well. Try to limit the amount of meat you eat... i dont eat any. I eat eggs and protein shakes for my main protein source. I also eat peanut butter for a snack

This might be right for you, but it certainly doesn't seem to follow any recommendations that I've read anywhere else.

OP, keep it simple.

Start logging, work out what foods make you feel good (the person above doesn't choose to eat diary or soy - that's fine for her, but it doesn't mean it's right for everyone).

Don't start by cutting out any particular foods, just work on eating a large variety of foods if you can, that way you are getting a large variety of nutrients.
Once you have your calories around the right kind of numbers you can start playing around with more or less protein/carbs/fat.

The Zone for changing bad habits and losing forever... protein keeps muscle you have and aids in slight muscle gain. You have to give your body fat in order for it to release fat, but not too much that you gain fat. Carbs is the #1 reason most people gain weight. Since carbs turns into pure white sugar, unless it is complex carbs, then it turns to complex sugar. .

The regular milk thing was something possibly just with me but I would drink 1-2 glasses a day and didnt lose, then stoped with milk and BAM lost weight. Here is some info on the soy milk.--

"Soy milk may provide some health benefits for women, especially menopausal women. However, soy products are considered phytoestrogens since soy proteins contain isoflavones, which are compounds similar to estrogen. Soy milk consumption among perimenopausal women is the focus of many research studies, since soy isoflavones may have effects on a woman's hormones." - Livestrong

"But Newbold and other researchers are not convinced that eating more soy is healthy for everyone. Infants fed soy formula ingest six to 11 times more genistein on a bodyweight basis than the level known to cause hormonal effects in adults.

“Giving an infant or child estrogen is never a good thing,” said Newbold.

Though studies on the harmful effects of soy isoflavones in people have been limited and inconclusive, there’s strong evidence from animal studies that genistein alters reproduction and embryonic development, according to Newbold, a co-author of two of the new rodent studies.

In some lab studies, animals were fed doses similar to what people might get from a high-soy diet, which would be roughly 25 or more grams per day. Blood levels of genistein in people eating a lot of soy are generally in the range of one to five micromoles, or about one milligram of genistein circulating in the body of an average adult.

One study showed that genistein led to reduced fertility and abnormal embryo development in female mice. They were fed one to ten micromoles in their drinking water for four days. The highest doses were associated with fewer eggs that were successfully fertilized and increased cell death in developing embryos. Wen-Hsiung Chan at Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan conducted the study, which was published in July in the journal Reproductive Toxicology.

In another study, young female rats were fed high, medium, or low doses of genistein. Those fed the largest quantities from birth to weaning had reproductive effects later, including early puberty and irregular estrous cycles (similar to the menstrual cycle in humans). High doses also led to smaller litters." -ScientificAmerican

I think I have read thing wrong. What does it mean if I have a minus sign by the protein I thought it meant I didnt have enough but now after lookin at it I think it is saying I am having too much. If I have to much is that a bad thing?

Everyone's got good suggestions. I have been studying nutrition fiercely since I have started using MFP, and it gets extremely complicated with what fats you want (saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated), what fats you want to avoid, (trans, too much of the other three), the fatty acids you need (Omegas, in varying quantities), what kind of carbs you want to consume, (whole grains, fiber, veggies, etc), what carbs you should avoid large quantities of (anything refined, such as white rice, white flour, sugar, etc), and the various kinds of proteins and how much of each you should eat in a day.

If you want to get into all that information, it will completely boggle the mind. Follow a very simple piece of advice that I have seen many other people offer: eat more than 1200 gross calories a day, and less than what MFP recommends as your net, and you will lose weight. It doesn't need to be any more complicated than that.

How much of each macro nutrient to eat (protein/carbs/fat) is far too academic for our purposes, especially in the beginning of our journey. Regardless of what you eat, if you create a calorie deficit, you will lose weight. period.

^ I agree. only question... do you care what "weight" you lose? What if you are losing muscle and keeping the fat? muscle goes away very quickly and weighs more. you may end up thin and frumpy.

I never said dairy was bad for you 0.o I said soy was.