Your Stats and Macros

Age 27
Male
5'10"
Starting Weight: 167 lbs (November 2014)
Current Weight: 199 lbs
Goal Weight: N/A

Daily goals:
Calories: 3668 cals
Carbs: 515g
Protein: 195g
Fat: 92g
Sodium: w/e
Potassium: Higher than sodium in general
Fiber: 3g5+

How do you track exercise? I don't track exercise, I track progression via excel.
Do you eat back your exercise calories? No.

27
Female
5'6"
SW - 148.0 - 1/4/15 ( I have been on here forever but that was my highest recently, after the holidays)
CW - 142.9 - 1/27/15
GW - don't really have one - just wanting to be healthy and tone - I guess pie in the sky number would be between 125-135 - but really just want to look good and feel good and have been really happy with myself at these weights in the past, however if I were to lose fat and stay the same weight, and just lose a few inches here and there, I could probably be happy here too.

Daily goals:
Calories - 1544 on weekdays, 1995 on weekends
Carbs - whatever is left after protein, fat, (and alcohol on weekends) - usually 154 during the week
Fat - 51
Protein - 116
Sodium - I don't track because I'm not hypertensive
Fiber - 25 or more
(what else do you track?)
I track sugar - 50 grams
water - I don't track water cause I drink it constantly, along with coffee, and tea and the occasional diet soda
how do you track exercise? I don't track exercise, except for the length of time I spent doing each individual exercise (ie 40 minutes running at 6.3, 20 mins walking at 3.5, 20 mins lifting weights... stuff like that)
do you eat back your exercise calories? - I have done this in the past with a lot of success (ate back approximately 75%) but found it mind-numbing and tedious and always gained the weight right back the moment I stopped tracking every bite. Have switched to TDEE-20% during the week and TDEE on the weekends because, at least for now, it seems more sustainable. However I will admit this is a new way of thinking for me and has taken some getting used to!

Cheers and good luck to all!

Age: 45
Female
Height: 5'3
Starting Weight: 220
Current Weight: 125.7
Goal Weight: about 120

Daily goals:
Calories: 1650 (planning to move up to 1700 soon)
Carbs: 144
Fat: 64
Protein: 124
Sodium: don't track
Fiber: 25 (default), but I'm usually well over
I don't really track anything else, although I occasionally look at my potassium, iron, and calcium to make sure they look okay and sugar out of curiosity. I treat sodium like potassium, etc., but most of the sodium I get is from salt I add myself when cooking and don't log (I home cook most of my foods) or from local restaurants that don't have nutrition information, so it would be off anyway.

Water: I sometimes track this, sometimes don't--I know I get plenty so don't worry about it, but sometimes I make an effort to drink more water to cut down on coffee/tea which I tend to overindulge in.

How do you track exercise? (fitbit, heart rate monitor, MFP amounts): I have a Fitbit, and log exercise on MFP (1 calorie) and also have a separate training schedule, but I do not track exercise calories. I use the TDEE method.

Do you eat back your exercise calories? No. I used to when I used MFP to set my calorie goal, but now I use the TDEE method. (The only thing I don't like about this is that MFP thinks I'm eating at maintenance and that whenever I go over I will gain in 5 weeks, which I ignore but still, sigh.)

Age: 23
Male/Female: Male
Height: 185cm
Starting Weight: 121kg
Current Weight: 113kg
Goal Weight: 75-80kg

Daily goals:
Calories: 1720
Carbs: 129g
Fat: 57g
Protein: 172g
Sodium: Don't track
Fiber: Don't track
(what else do you track?)
Nothing
how do you track exercise? For cardio I'm currently doing the C25K program. For lifting I write sets, reps etc down on paper.
do you eat back your exercise calories? No

Age: 26
Female
Height: 5'6"
Starting Weight: 142 (when starting MFP, highest before then was 182
Current Weight: 129
Goal Weight: was 130 - now focusing on lowering BF% then on to build moar muscles

Daily goals:
Calories: 1,600 - but I allow myself 100-200 extra cals (of carbs) on lifting days as needed
Carbs: 160
Fat: 55
Protein: 120
Sodium: don't really track
Fiber: 25-30g
(what else do you track?)
water: minimum 3 liters/day, but I don't track it on here
how do you track exercise? (fitbit, heart rate monitor, MFP amounts) I use an app called Jefit to track and organize my lifting routines
do you eat back your exercise calories?
I use TDEE, but still track for accountability, so I track all my workouts as 1 calorie

Age: 23
Male
Height 5'6
Starting Weight:170.3 lbs (Dec. 12, 2014 )
Current Weight:between 161.8lbs & 162.4lbs (Jan. 29, 2015)
Goal Weight: Not sure yet. I want to see how lean I can get.

Goal: Fat Loss
Calories : 1,965 on Lifting days & 1,805 on non lifting days
Carbs: 175 on lifting days & 135 on non lifting days
Fat: 65
Protein: 170
Fiber : I try to shoot for anywhere between 25-40 ish.
Water - I should drink more but it's probably 2-3 16.9 Fl oz a day + 2 or so Diet no calorie green tea from costco.

I have never came around to eating back calories. I feel more comfortable working with my TDEE & reducing it by 15% or so. I am currently loosing roughly .5-.7 of weight per week.

How does everyone monitor their weight progression?

I weigh myself every morning and keep track of my weight on excel. At the end of the week I sum all 7 days and divide that amount by 7. This gives me my average weight per week. Then I would typically get the difference from the prior and current weeks' average weight, giving me the amount loss since last weigh in.

Age: 52
Male/Female: Female
Height: 5' 1.5"
Starting Weight: 210
Current Weight: 191.4
Goal Weight: 130

Daily goals:
Calories: 1280
Carbs: 128
Fat: 43
Protein: 96
Sodium: don't track
Fiber: 50
(what else do you track?)
water:8-10 12oz glasses
how do you track exercise? (fitbit, heart rate monitor, MFP amounts) gym machines verified with shapesense calculators
do you eat back your exercise calories? no