Too much Portien

I am on a new diet and seem to have not problem meeting my daily Calorie goal of 1200cal as I eat healthy food l love. However, my protein is off the charts, as my suggested goal of 45 a day, though my actual intake is about 58 a day, while my carbs are always under by about 50.

This said, will this effect my weight loss and if so, how?

I'm guessing you mean 45grams of protein a day? That is really really low. Are you doing any resistance/strength training?

I ate more protein than that for breakfast. that is not off the charts. I'd say you're more than fine to eat that much, and I'd actually encourage around 100g/day for you if you can fit in nutritious fat and carbohydrate foods on the rest of your calories.

I don't think 58g of protein a day is off the charts. Mayo Clinic recommends around 50/day for most. Those with more of a body building stance will recommend 1g per pound of lean body mass, so probably 100 or more a day. Some want 30-40% of their calories from protein, so that's a lot more than MFP's defaults, too.

Protein is great and keeps you full longer. I wouldn't worry about getting too much unless you have known kidney problems.

I am on a new diet and seem to have not problem meeting my daily Calorie goal of 1200cal as I eat healthy food l love. However, my protein is off the charts, as my suggested goal of 45 a day, though my actual intake is about 58 a day, while my carbs are always under by about 50.

This said, will this effect my weight loss and if so, how?


P.s. Sorry for the typo in the topic, I dont know how to change it, lol fingers are faster then my mind

I was about the same - my protein was higher than recommended by MFP's default settings and my carbs were much lower than MFP's default settings... my result was I actually lost weight faster than MFP said I would... and I lost more body fat. That's what actually made me do the research into reducing processed carbs in the diet - note that I'm NOT talking about a LOW CARB diet, just in eliminating processed carbs. I eat about 5-10X as many carbs as low carb diets say you should, but almost ALL of my carbs come from fruit and non-starchy vegetables.

MFP sets ratios super low & whacky. You should aim to eat .75 - 1g of protein per pound of lean body mass. I aim for a minimum of 100g daily of protein.
If you click the home tab, you can change your ratios by going into goals and doing custom settings.

A decent rule of thumb is 1 gram per pound of goal body weight.

I am having the same problem. I am using the nutrisystem as a base diet plan and the protein is higher thanwhat is recommended by fitness pal while the carbs and fats are both lower. With exercise, I am falling consistently under the 1380 calorie alottment that has been given. In fact with the adjustments for activity I usually am falling under 1100 calories. I hate to eat when I don't feel hungry just to fill calorie goals.