Calorie Accuracy?

skalten
skalten Posts: 3 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi everyone. Liking My Fitness Pal and planning on using it to my fullest potential. Noticed something strange though and am seeking some guidance.

From my experience, a carb is worth 7 calories, a fat gram is 9, and protein is worth 4 calories. If I do the math, my daily calorie goal is actually 900 calories short of the carb + fat + protein math. It is much more accurate when I use the same math on my actual daily results where MFP is only 45 calories higher than listed.

e.g. I am allowed 1990 calories, 299 carbs, 55 fat, 75 protein. The math (299*7)+(55*9)+(75*4) = 2888 for an overage of 898 calories. When I calculated my actual calories for the day the math was much closer, so for some reason the values are not the same throughout.

Is there a reason for this or a way to alter the values or am I missing something? Thanks for any insight!

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  • booyainyoface
    booyainyoface Posts: 409 Member
    carbs and protein are 4 cal/g, fat is 9cal/gm and alcohol is 7cal/gm
  • warmachinejt
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,159 Member
    carbs and protein are 4 cal/g, fat is 9cal/gm and alcohol is 7cal/gm
    lol to the point
  • LizKurz
    LizKurz Posts: 340 Member
    Hi everyone. Liking My Fitness Pal and planning on using it to my fullest potential. Noticed something strange though and am seeking some guidance.

    From my experience, a carb is worth 7 calories, a fat gram is 9, and protein is worth 4 calories. If I do the math, my daily calorie goal is actually 900 calories short of the carb + fat + protein math. It is much more accurate when I use the same math on my actual daily results where MFP is only 45 calories higher than listed.

    e.g. I am allowed 1990 calories, 299 carbs, 55 fat, 75 protein. The math (299*7)+(55*9)+(75*4) = 2888 for an overage of 898 calories. When I calculated my actual calories for the day the math was much closer, so for some reason the values are not the same throughout.

    Is there a reason for this or a way to alter the values or am I missing something? Thanks for any insight!

    Yup, previous poster is right, doing the math, 299*4 = 1196, 75*4= 300, and 55*9=495 for a total of 1991.
  • skalten
    skalten Posts: 3 Member
    Yup, Thanks! Guess I should skip the Alcohol - adds calories and hinders proper mathematics. The world is right again!
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