Monitoring carb intake-I’m a noob. Lol

bigger7
bigger7 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So I’m trying to manage my carb and sugar intake, BUT I’m not trying to calculate ALL carbs (found in milk, cheese, carrots, etc). I just want to calculate heavy carbs such as bread, tortillas, crackers, etc. I went to the adjustable part where I can input my car intake (85g/day) but its calculating all of my carbs.

Does anyone know how I can adjust it specifically? This may be far fetched, but thought I’d ask. Lol

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  • daremightythings
    daremightythings Posts: 247 Member
    you can't do that with the mfp interface.
  • Luciicul
    Luciicul Posts: 415 Member
    I think what you mean is you want to reduce high GI (glycemic index)/starchy carbs, but are not worried about low GI carbs. This is a matter of educating yourself and choosing foods that are low GI, as MFP doesn’t differentiate. There are lists online of the GI rating of different foods.
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    When I was tracking, I set up sugar and fibre next to my carb column. Fibre was usually close to half of my carb total, and I kept sugar under 10g (but I was a bit lower carb than you so sugar rarely exceeded 5g.)

    Otherwise, all you can really do us look at the nutritional info for each food once you input it with extra attention to those foods you wish to limit.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,887 Member
    "Heavy carbs" are not a thing, MFP could not count them. Are you trying to count only starch carbs? If there are specific foods you want to know your carbs from, the best bet seems to be noting it in the comments, like someone else suggested.

    If you are thinking that dairy carbs are somehow different in kind from the complex carbs found in foods like potatoes, whole grains, and beans/lentils, that's not true in that your body easily turns complex carbs into sugars. And foods containing lots of starchy carbs vary a lot in how many nutrients they come with, and how much fiber they contain.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    edited February 2019
    bigger7 wrote: »
    So I’m trying to manage my carb and sugar intake, BUT I’m not trying to calculate ALL carbs (found in milk, cheese, carrots, etc). I just want to calculate heavy carbs such as bread, tortillas, crackers, etc. I went to the adjustable part where I can input my car intake (85g/day) but its calculating all of my carbs.

    Does anyone know how I can adjust it specifically? This may be far fetched, but thought I’d ask. Lol

    Why are you only counting some carbs?
  • smithsusan961
    smithsusan961 Posts: 75 Member
    how close to MFP carb count should I be?
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    smithsusan961 wrote: »
    how close to MFP carb count should I be?

    That is totally up to you and what foods satisfy you the most. People on here will be eating anywhere between 10% of their total calories in carbs up to 65% or more. It is totally individual. Even people who need to reduce their carb consumption because of issues like diabetes will eat a wide range.

    If you have no metabolic issues, start with the MFP default and see how satisfied you are. You can raise or lower it as you go.
  • smithsusan961
    smithsusan961 Posts: 75 Member
    thank you
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