Macronutrients

kenaweemarie
kenaweemarie Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Advice on how to calculate my macronutrients?

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    MFP macros are fine as a starting point.

    Or aim for 0.6-0.8g of protein and 0.3-0.4g of fat per lb of bodyweight.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Why not start with the MFP defaults and then adjust if they don't meet your preferences?
  • 1Ketolover
    1Ketolover Posts: 1 Member
    I changed the macronutrient settings to 5%, 20% and 70%. I have a1200 calorie daily target based on my weight loss goals. Once you’ve changed the macro percentages, MFP will show how many grams of each category are remaining that day when you log your food intake. I hope that helps.

  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    There isn't really a "right" way. Most people start with them either at the MFP defaults or change them to something pretty evenly balanced like a 30/35/35. But what you do is really up to you.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    edited December 2018
    40/30/30 is popular, or used to be (that's 40% carbs). MFP default is fine too. My only issue with MFP default is that if someone is doing 1200 and not adding exercise calories (which they should be if they are exercising), then the protein default is a bit low.

    A good way to figure protein is .8 g per lb of goal weight, and then figure out what percentage that is -- for example, my current goal is 115, which would make my goal 92. I eat around 1600, so that's 23% protein as my preferred minimum -- the MFP default is 25%, so that would be fine. (Contrary to another poster, I would not recommend 20% at 1200.)

    I don't actually do percentages, I look at total grams, but when you start keeping it simple is probably a good idea.
  • sggbrown03
    sggbrown03 Posts: 4 Member
    how many macronutrients can you set goals for? looks like you can only do carbs, fat and protein
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    sggbrown03 wrote: »
    how many macronutrients can you set goals for? looks like you can only do carbs, fat and protein
    Those are the 3 macronutrients. The others (vitamins, minerals, etc.) are micronutrients.


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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    sggbrown03 wrote: »
    how many macronutrients can you set goals for? looks like you can only do carbs, fat and protein

    Yes, those are the only three macros. You can track a total of five nutrients here: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary-settings but you can see all of them in Nutrition in the app. I encourage you to NOT focus on the micronutrients unless you have an actual medical reason to do so. As I learned from when I was anemic, users creating entries often don't bother with accuracy for micros so you have to verify everything, which is a waste of time unless there is an actual need. For example, I supplement with Vitamin C so getting information about that from MFP is not necessary.

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