Not using calories

lauraloo1981
lauraloo1981 Posts: 2 Member
edited October 3 in Health and Weight Loss
Just wondered if anyone knew of any foods that contain calories and carbs, but no fat or protein. Using up my fat and protein but struggling to use up my calories!!! Any help would be so appreciated. I am new to this site so its a bit trial and error at the minute.

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  • tiggerbounce411
    tiggerbounce411 Posts: 401 Member
    I had that same problem. If you look around at people's diaries, some of them are viewable and you will see many different things that you can choose from to use calories. There's not a whole lot of non-protien foods, especially if they are fat free. Google will also direct you in ANY direction you need to go. Try looking up protien free food and fat free food. Good luck!
  • TS65
    TS65 Posts: 1,024 Member
    Don't worry if you go over on protein (MFP has it set pretty low). It's not a bad thing to be under on carbs either, especially if you're eating simple carbs (white foods). Honestly, you'd be better to eat more protein to get your calories in than to add carbs for calories sake. JMO. Without seeing your diary, it's hard to give any REAL advice.
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    Don't worry about going over on protein - the pre-programmed "limit" is very low and many people increase it manually. I think it's set to 15% and I personally have mine at 25% (and some people set theirs as high as 40%).
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Don't worry if you go over on protein (MFP has it set pretty low). It's not a bad thing to be under on carbs either, especially if you're eating simple carbs (white foods). Honestly, you'd be better to eat more protein to get your calories in than to add carbs for calories sake. JMO. Without seeing your diary, it's hard to give any REAL advice.

    i agree with this. its beter to eat more protein than more carbs.
  • lauraloo1981
    lauraloo1981 Posts: 2 Member
    :smile: Thankyou for the info! It really helps xx
  • azzledazzle
    azzledazzle Posts: 79
    Don't worry about going over on protein - the pre-programmed "limit" is very low and many people increase it manually. I think it's set to 15% and I personally have mine at 25% (and some people set theirs as high as 40%).

    How do you change the protein limit ? mines only on 80grams i want to increase it to 150grams, i cant find the option anywhere
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    Don't worry about going over on protein - the pre-programmed "limit" is very low and many people increase it manually. I think it's set to 15% and I personally have mine at 25% (and some people set theirs as high as 40%).

    How do you change the protein limit ? mines only on 80grams i want to increase it to 150grams, i cant find the option anywhere

    home page -> goals -> change goals -> custom and click continue. You can manually enter any value you want for nutrition, calories, exercise, etc. I changed my macronutrients to 50% carbs, 25% protein, 25% fat; increased fiber to 25g per day, and increased the sodium limit to 3000mg (I have low blood pressure).
  • azzledazzle
    azzledazzle Posts: 79
    awesome thanks a lot :D
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