Too Much Protein??

Don't worry about it. The protein set on here is low. Look at it as a minimum. The average recommended amount of protein is usually .5g for every 1 pound of body weight.

Is there such a thing? Sure, are you reaching that level? Probably not. If you're 10 or 20 grams over your daily, you're fine. In fact, you're probably better off there. MFP does tend to go pretty low on the protein numbers.

The reason the protein is low on here is because your calories are low. If you go by the .5g per pound, its not to much. It's just that you wont have enough calories for essential fats and carbs. As far as sugar, try not to go over on that. Try eating some fruits that are not high in sugar. Processed sugars are the enemy though, not the natural ones from fruit.

I hope this helps a little, let us know if you have more ?s.

The reason the protein is low on here is because your calories are low. If you go by the .5g per pound, its not to much. It's just that you wont have enough calories for essential fats and carbs. As far as sugar, try not to go over on that. Try eating some fruits that are not high in sugar. Processed sugars are the enemy though, not the natural ones from fruit.

I hope this helps a little, let us know if you have more ?s.

This isn't necessarily true. By that I mean, yeah, the calories they give you are low when you compare them to maintenance calories; but also, they give you a 65/30/15 % carb/fat/protein ratio on here (I think). I don't think that's a great ratio for reasonable weight loss, it's not horrible, but it's a bit carb heavy. I always edit mine when I do goals. I like 50/25/25 for most people, for weight lifters and people trying to gain muscle mass and not really looking to lose (or lose much) I usually tell them to do a 45/25/30 ratio of carbs/fat/protein. That's about what I am at and it works pretty well for maintenance. Plus it can break you of the carb addiction that many of us have.

As to sugar. One piece of fruit shouldn't put you over the edge, and if you space out the sugar through the day, never eating a TON in one sitting, going over isn't going to do much damage. Also take into account fructose (fruit sugar) takes longer to metabolize then table sugar, and isn't quite as bad for you , as it doesn't spike the blood sugar and cause cholesterol and insulin spikes, that's also a good thing. so if you ARE going to eat sugar, try to do it by way of fruit, it's far better then stuff like processed flour carbs (white flour). Add to that the fact that fruit has lots of fiber and vitamins, and it's a decent option even taking the sugar into account. Don't feel bad about eating fruit, just try to limit the fruit juice, it doesn't contain the fiber, and thus the sugar metabolizes far faster then solid fruit.

-Banks

Thanks Banks! I'll try editing my ratio in goals and see what happens. And I do prefer a piece of fruit to fruit juice. Juice doesn't satisfy you like a piece of fruit does, and I find it way to easy to drink too much juice (too big of a glass)... but I do like the reduced sodium V8

Cheers,
Nancie

V8's ok, it's not fruit juice (mainly). And doesn't contain a ton of sugar. Watch the sodium on the V8 though, go for the low sodium one if you can. I drink 1 low sodium V8 every day. It's equivalent to 2 servings of veggies.

Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated :flowerforyou:
It is the vegetable V8 I prefer (low sodium). The "fruit" ones are okay, but I can taste the colouring in them, and I don't like that.

My 18 cherries for breakfast had a sugar count of 18g according to the database... that's half my sugar for the day. Is this normal?

Again, many thanks for your helpful advice.

Cheers,
Nancie

Oh you were referring to the V8 Splashes? Different horse all together. As to the cherries, sure, that's normal, but 18's a lot FYI.