MFP Macros - Help with the Math

shellfly
shellfly Posts: 186
in Food and Nutrition
Math has never been my strong suit, so I'm looking for some input as to what I'm missing here. My MFP macros are set to 55% carbs, 25% protein, and 20% fat. MFP is calculating that to be 269g carbs, 122g protein, and 44g fat. The problem is that when I manually calculate the percentages based on those numbers, I'm getting 55%, 25% and 9%. The fat seems way off, but how can that be? Can anyone enlighten me?

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  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    It's because fat has 9 calories per gram, but protein and carbs have 4 calories per gram.
  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    Do you get 1960 calories a day?
  • KatArceneaux
    KatArceneaux Posts: 34
    carbs and protein are ~4 cals per gram, while fat is ~9 cals per gram
    therefore 44x~9=~396 or approximately 20% of your total calories

    Hope this helps you! :smile:
  • shellfly
    shellfly Posts: 186
    Ah, there we go! I knew it had to be something simple like that. Thanks, all! And yes, 1960.

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