Met macronutrient goals but am under on calories???
NyxPDX
Posts: 4
I'm just confused as to how this is even possible (see attached image).
0
Replies
-
That just means some of the food choices were wrong. If you were over by 1 gram of each you should have an excess caloric intake of 17 (9+4+4)0
-
Okay, that's kinda what I was just realizing. I think the stats on one or more of the food entries doesn't add up, though I'll have to go through and see which it is. Thanks!0
-
Could be wrong but doesn't fiber account for calories too?0
-
This is because the nutritional information labeling on products are always incorrect. Some can be off by as much as 20%. to make this quick, I'll use a simple example:
A 355 mL can of Coca Cola: Says it's 160 calories. However, take a look at the nutritional information, and you'll see it contains 42g of sugar/carbs.
There are 4 calories per gram of carbs.
42 x 4 = 168.
So, in reality, you're actually drinking 8 more calories than it says you are. Now, that's not a huge difference, but say everything were off by this much, and you ate 2000 calories. In reality, you've actually eaten 2100 calories.
This is why I go by my macros and ignore my caloric intake. It's still inaccurate, as it's impossible to be perfect in this, but it's more accurate than using just calories.0 -
I just ran through some of them and I think another issue is rounding. For example, the site shows 3g of fat when I enter a certain food item that if you go into edit in the database, it actually only has 2.5g... although, it does correctly show 5g if I change it to 2 servings, but after doing some playing around I've found that if you split those servings up (e.g. 1 in breakfast, 1 in dinner) that the totals at the bottom will use the rounded 3g and show 6g for the day.0
-
Check the fiber content as mentioned above. I typically find that fiber will reduce calorie amount by 1-2 calories per gram of fiber, especially non-soluble fiber that isn't digestible. Some nutrient labels offset the calories based on "net" carbs.0
-
So, I guess the real question is, which is more important to shoot for, calorie goal (keeping macros in the same ratio), or macro goals... or, I guess the third option would be, am I being a little too OCD about it?0
-
Macro grams are rounded a lot more than total calories, so I go for the calories (and if things are really out of whack, I go look for an incorrectly entered food). You are also probably being just a tad OCD but you won't be the only one. I am absurdly psyched if I ever manage to hit exactly "zero calories left".0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393K Introduce Yourself
- 43.7K Getting Started
- 260.1K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.8K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 415 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.9K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.6K MyFitnessPal Information
- 23 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.5K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions