Goal Totals Question
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101192edm
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I am perplexed. I have not consumed all of the carbs, fat and protein grams set in goals but my calorie count is over by 200 calories. How can this be possible?
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MFP doesn't calculate total calories based on the macros, it just adds up the calories of the individual foods.
So:
- you've chosen some incorrect database entries
And/or
- you've consumed alcohol (it contains calories, but alcohol isn't one of the three macros)
Smaller deviations are also possible due to:
- differing ways of counting carbs: in the US fiber is counted under carbs, but fiber has 0 or 2 calories per gram (insoluble or soluble), in the EU fiber doesn't count as carbs
- rounding issues3
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