Is my salad unhealthy?

You're doing fine. Just get some carbs and protein for dinner and carry on.

Personally I treat MFP's recommendations as minimums for fat and protein as they are set quite low.

Don't fear the red and green numbers!

Calories are what matter for weight loss, but even going over slightly on that number isn't always a setback. If your calories are in the correct range you will lose weight (assuming no medical issues).

Macros (carbs/fat/protein) help with things like body composition, hunger and health. For instance, fats help with healthy skin and nails, hormone control, and they help keep you fuller longer.

Going over on any of your macros won't hinder your weight loss (medical issues not-withstanding, of course). And a lot of us choose to customize those numbers anyway.

Unless you have a medical reason to avoid fats, then a -13 won't make any difference.

I don't know. Is the lettuce still green and crisp, or has it gone all brown and wilty?

No foods are unhealthy, if eaten in moderate portions. Even fried croutons or pepperoni (see below)

It depends on what's in your salad. :flowerforyou:

As long as you stay away from processed ingredients you should be fine. No fried croutons, pepperoni, etc.

Those things can help make a salad healthy.

It depends on what's in your salad. :flowerforyou:

As long as you stay away from processed ingredients you should be fine. No fried croutons, pepperoni, etc.

She will be fine even if she doesn't stay away from processed ingredients.

Nobody tells me I can't eat pepperoni anytime I want.

:flowerforyou:

The salad looks fine. A lot of your fat is from eggs and almonds, which are great foods to include as part of your diet, too.

MFP has certain macro levels that are fine, but there is a wide range of healthy macro levels that you will probably eventually want to adjust for your personal goals. Rather than making everything too complicated and difficult at the beginning, I would recommend just getting used to logging and hitting your calorie goal for a while. After you do that, you can go back and see where you were each week on your macros and if you are significantly over or under the MFP recommended default on some of them you can think about whether it matters to you and if so how to fix it.

For example, after doing this for a bit I found that I felt better and more satiated when I ate more protein, and researched recommended protein levels for people dieting and exercising and decided that I wanted to up my protein to 105 grams (30% of my calorie goal before I add any exercise calories, and also my estimated lean body mass). Once I did that, I saw that I was routinely falling short, so I changed my diet around a little to increase my protein.

No need to do that kind of thing at the beginning, though. You aren't going to be able to hit your macros perfectly most of the time, and you aren't supposed to stay under all of them, so instead maybe use them to help make decisions about what to eat. Like now you can focus on protein for dinner. But really that you are over on fat and under on carbs is no reason to be bothered. Lots of people intentionally eat fewer carbs and more fat because they feel fuller. The typical source of your fat matters more, and it seems fine.

Your salad looks delicious and pretty nutritious. If you want suggestions to make it a little lower in calories, you could try using less dressing or a lighter one..but if you love that dressing, just know it's relatively high in calories and plan accordingly.

And please eat dinner.