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cjongetjes
cjongetjes Posts: 1
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So I just started counting calories and I cannot find the right combination of foods. I am all over the place on to many calories or to much fat intake or to many carbs or sugar or cholesterol. Anyone have exampls that work?

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  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    Barring any medical issues you need to speak with your doctor about, you can be over on anything and be okay. A calorie deficit is all you need to lose weight and lots of people view mfp's fat and protein numbers as minimums.

    https://www.eatthismuch.com/
    You can try this if you need some ideas.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    spacequiztime wrote: »
    Barring any medical issues you need to speak with your doctor about, you can be over on anything and be okay. A calorie deficit is all you need to lose weight and lots of people view mfp's fat and protein numbers as minimums.

    https://www.eatthismuch.com/
    You can try this if you need some ideas.

    That website is amazeballs.
  • rossinator63
    rossinator63 Posts: 36 Member
    Stay away from packaged and prepared foods, and you'll be a long way to getting balanced nutrition.
  • kozinskey
    kozinskey Posts: 176 Member
    Focus on getting the calories right first, then see if you can hit your macro goals. A lot of people have their food diaries public, so that might be a place to start. Also, as you keep going, you might find that the MFP default goals for carbs/fat/protein don't line up with your needs or preferences, so it's okay to take those with a grain of salt right now.
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