Protein % rises after workout....

cvervest
cvervest Posts: 22
in Fitness and Exercise
I noticed that every time i putt down exercise, the system auto changes percentage of protein for example....
My question is, where is it based on and is that a suggestion of do you really NEED it???
I think it's really annoying, because every day my percentage is different.....

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  • cvervest
    cvervest Posts: 22
    Can you stop it on one level??? Or do i have to deal with it?? I think 70 grams of protein is enough on one day....
  • pteryndactyl
    pteryndactyl Posts: 303 Member
    When you enter exercise, MFP adds on the calories you burned. As such, they adjust your protein goal to keep it at its designated % based on the new calorie goal. Your percentage doesn't change, but the goal in grams does. No way to stop if you're adding in your exercise calories.
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    MFP protein recommendations tend to be pretty low - a lot of people will tell you that they consider both protein and fiber goals to be a minimum.
  • vanguardfitness
    vanguardfitness Posts: 720 Member
    Click on my home at the top and go into goals right underneath. Then pick custom and click change goals. It's still going to be percentage based though.
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    I boost my protein up at the beginning of the day and try and eat back the protein level I initially set rather than what MFP scales it up to with exercise. Its messy but it works for me
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    You can 'bodge' it by adding in negative food calories - this will keep ALL the figures constant.

    I have a -1000 calorie food item I enter for workout days.

    But mostly, I just remember the number my protein is set to :).
  • cvervest
    cvervest Posts: 22
    0,8 gram protein per kg of weight. So i'm 72kg x 0,8= 56,6
    That is low, so i eat 60 grams every day.
    But if i enter exercise, my percentage is going throug the roof.....
    So i end up negative in my goals... ????
  • SrJoben
    SrJoben Posts: 484 Member
    You can 'bodge' it by adding in negative food calories - this will keep ALL the figures constant.

    I have a -1000 calorie food item I enter for workout days.

    But mostly, I just remember the number my protein is set to :).


    ....why don't you just not log your exercise calories if you don't want them in your food diary?
  • 1princesswarrior
    1princesswarrior Posts: 1,242 Member
    Or just enter your exercise calories as 1 and record the actual calories in the notes section but still remember to eat those calories back as that is how MFP is designed.
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    ....why don't you just not log your exercise calories if you don't want them in your food diary?
    Because I DO want the CALORIES to be in my food diary, but I DON'T want my protein level to change.
    This way the macros stay the same, but it takes 1000 off the total calories, so if I eat 2400 calories it shows up as being 'on target'.
  • cvervest
    cvervest Posts: 22
    Yes me too, and i NEED them too....
    To keep burning the cals... Hard work needs more food, but it changes the protein goal... So than i'm not sure if i did good....
    Not sure what bodge Means.... Sorry
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    'Kludge' might be a 'mercan term?
    Basically, the sort of thing you'd find here - http://failblog.cheezburger.com/thereifixedit
    So fixing it an unprofessional manner and so on.

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