Too much protein, carb, and sugar

alyssa20022016
alyssa20022016 Posts: 5 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I've been researching on how much I need a day of protein, sugars, carbs, etc... Well according to MyFitness app, I should be eating double? I'm confused.

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  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    edited March 2016
    How close are you to your calorie goal? What is your calorie goal?
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    alyssa20022016 wrote: »
    I've been researching on how much I need a day of protein, sugars, carbs, etc... Well according to MyFitness app, I should be eating double? I'm confused.

    What's your height and weight? What weight loss rate have you chosen? What amounts of calories and nutrients is MFP giving you? What other sources of information have you used, and what numbers do they give you? Does the allowances include exercise or not?
  • alyssa20022016
    alyssa20022016 Posts: 5 Member
    5'2 190lbs with little excercise. Goal is to lose 40lbs at 1-2 lbs a week. MFP gave me, 1600 calories, protein 84g, fiber 25g, carbs 211, sugar 63, and fat 56. I pretty much Googled how much a woman should intake and they were a lot less than what I'm going off of. Although! I have stayed under my calories and the rest.
  • alyssa20022016
    alyssa20022016 Posts: 5 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    How close are you to your calorie goal? What is your calorie goal?
    jgnatca wrote: »
    How close are you to your calorie goal? What is your calorie goal?

    My calorie goal is 1600 but I usually only eat about 1000-1200
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    As a woman you can go as low as 1200 calories a day. If you aren't losing eating that little food it might be a problem weighing and portioning your food.

    You can override MFP's recommendation and put in 1200 calories a day if you like.
  • dabperf
    dabperf Posts: 4 Member
    Sugar and carbs are too high for the activity you've stated. Those can be adjusted.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    If you put in 1200 calories a day MFP will set a protein/carb/fat goal based on a percentage of each macro. After logging all your food for a few days you should have an idea how close you are.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    You can find pretty much anything you want on Google. Go with what MFP told you. Those numbers (protein, fat, carbs) don't add completely up, but 1600 calories sounds just fine, try to hit that amount every day, or on average per week. Weigh your food on an electronic food scale and compare every database entry you use with a reliable source (label for packaged items, USDA databse for produce).
  • alyssa20022016
    alyssa20022016 Posts: 5 Member
    Thanks!
  • alyssa20022016
    alyssa20022016 Posts: 5 Member
    I've lost 10 lbs so far in almost 5 weeks. I do cheat on the weekends when I'm out, but I'm getting better. I like to drink margaritas and chocolate martinis:-) I cut them out:-(
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    You're welcome :) Just eat, track and enjoy, and you'll lose weight :smiley:
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    18/22/60. Begin!
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited March 2016
    Lol, I didn't refresh the page and thought I was the last/only one to reply here :D
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