Anyone having difficulty staying within daily values

Believeth64
Believeth64 Posts: 469 Member
edited September 26 in Food and Nutrition
I was wondering is there anyone else having a problem going over daily food values for example i have 335 calories left for today and i have already used up my daily protein and sugar allowed this is the first time for my daily protein but my sugar i can never stay within the allowed amount fruits and veggies use a lot of my daily sugar do anyone think it will make a difference in weekly weight loss as long as i stay within my daily calories

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  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    One problem with MFP is that it doesn't distinguish between good sugar from fruit and processed sugar from junk. If you know your sugar is coming from good sources, I would disregard it. If you are eating over your limit in all processed sugar, that would be a problem.

    I don't know as much about protein, but if you are over on protein, but not on cholesterol, that seems fine to me. Especially if you are working out.
  • MissAnjy
    MissAnjy Posts: 2,480 Member
    I am only concerned with my calories & fat. Protein is okay to go over. It won't do anything really and if you're getting your sugars from fruits, that's all natural sugars which has a very different effect. Don't worry about that, make sure you get those calories in.
  • riley22
    riley22 Posts: 27
    I don't pay attenton to the sugar because it's all from fresh fruit. Honestly, I don't pay much attention to any of it other than the calories. As long as you're eating healthy, exercising and losing weight I wouldn't worry about it.
  • snakegoddess_3
    snakegoddess_3 Posts: 83
    You also kind of have to watch the fats too when it comes to good fat and bad fats, kind of like with the sugar. I say stay within your calories and you might have to adjust to what works for you. If you start not losing weight try tweeking some of your daily alotments, but tweek something and try it for two weeks or better to allow your body for adjustment. Some people tend to not see immediate results, freak and go changing everything without thinking you have to get use to some of the changes. I just had a group at my job and a lady was a digestive specialist and she told me adding a bit of protein to every meal will help you shed the weight because your body works harder to break it down. She said simply if it walks on 4 legs, falls from a tree or grows from the ground you should eat it. This site is a guide once you get use to simply eating right, then you make it your own.
  • anacsitham5
    anacsitham5 Posts: 810 Member
    One problem with MFP is that it doesn't distinguish between good sugar from fruit and processed sugar from junk. If you know your sugar is coming from good sources, I would disregard it. If you are eating over your limit in all processed sugar, that would be a problem.

    I don't know as much about protein, but if you are over on protein, but not on cholesterol, that seems fine to me. Especially if you are working out.

    I agree! If I go over on sugar because I ate a cup of strawberries or had some other fruit, I don't worry about it. But if it were due to other foods I ate...cereal, yogurt, packaged foods, etc... I would cut them out or portion them down. I am always over on protein, but my cholesterol is extremely low so I don't worry about that. Just look at all the nutritional info on the labels and make wise choices. This is a life style change, not a diet. Diets don't work.
  • maeadair
    maeadair Posts: 496 Member
    I guess it depends on what/where your problems/concerns are...As prev. stated good sugar is ok to be over some, and should get 30% of cals from protein if exercising/working out. You can change what you monitor..I watch cholesterol and sodium... Sodium for females can be an issue of water weight and needs to be monitored along with getting adequate water intake. Good luck on your journey. :-)
  • Believeth64
    Believeth64 Posts: 469 Member
    Thanks so much for the encouragement i am losing weekly but the problem was like many said by time i eat my fruits and veggies and my skim milk i am already over my sugar and i do good on the proteins and fat like you said the sodium i really watch that's why i always drink like a gallon of water a day been doing that for years the carbohydrates was also a problem cause some days i go over some so what i did was did a research and found some formulas for daily sugar, protein, and carbohydrates needed to lose weight i feel good about the weight loss it's been 3 weeks and so far i've lost 7.4 pounds i am serious about losing weight that's why i each healthy i lost 86 pounds about three years ago and i am so upset with myself because due to 3 major left ankle surgeries and bed rest for about the past 3 years i've gained back basically all the weight from being mostly immobile i just had the last surgery 12/22/2010 and is still in a cast, bed rest, and a bone graft stimulator 3 hrs a day for treatment because the doctor had to break my calcaneal and reposition my foot from the fushion another did and didn't position my foot straight when he fused it so i've been through somethings but i will get healthy again so my daily calories i use wisely and make sure my choices are healthy but i would like to thank all the suggestions they really help me understand mfp better keep up the good work i looked at yall weight losses :flowerforyou:
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