Macros

Is it bad too eat too much protein?
Hi guys, my stats are as follows: 5'5 female, 175 pounds hoping to lose weight. I walk 5-8k steps a day, and I go to a HIIT bootcamp class 4-5 days a week, with at least one day having weightlifting in those classes. My macros are set up to be 1600 calories, 120 grams protein, 53 g fat, 160 g carbs. I'm wondering if a. Am…
New
My name is Becky. I am new, just finished my first week. I am a full time teach a year from retirement (57 years old). I want to be more healthy!
Macros
I previously had my tracker set for macros and grams now all of a sudden it’s reporting in percentages and I can’t seem to get it to change back. There is also the beta note on my app what’s going on?
Kitchen Scale
Is there a kitchen scale to track nutrients/macros that sync with Myfitness pal that anyone can recommend?
How can I go over my calories but not yet meet all of my macros?
I still have a few macros left for the day but it says I am over my calories by 139. How can this be? Thank you!
BMR #'s - Need some clarification
Hello all, I am trying to nail down my numbers. I read this discussion on MFP https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/975025/in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet/p1 and went to the the BMR calculator site to get mine. It gives me a number of 1547 calories per day but according to the exercise level- Daily exercise…
How to interpret macro goals?
I’m new to the idea of tracking macros and want to make sure I start with the right goals in mind. My target is 50/30/20, but the targets in grams don’t match those ratios at all. Can someone explain why that is?
Aging gracefully
Hi! I’m Mae. I’ll be 49 next month. I’ve been working out for over 35 years and love healthy foods, but have chronic back conditions and depression. For the first time in my life, I am now counting macros and today I just purchased 260 pounds of weight plates for my home gym, I work out every day whether I’m doing high…
I could use some help in figuring out best macro's and Calorie limit for weight loss
Hello Looking for some guidance because I have some hefty weight loss goals . I am at my heaviest I have ever been , 208 lbs. I am recovering from a third surgery in the past 9 months. Two were emergency , medically necessary (and related) , the third was to repair a long time knee issue that was keeping me from getting…
Hi everyone
Hi there I’m new to MFP and am trying to lose weight. I’ve just been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and high cholesterol. I’ve been overweight for a good few years and have always wanted to lose weight but the more I wanted to lose it, the more I actually put on!!! It’s amazing how hearing that you’re Type 2 Diabetic from…
Looking for good friends
I'm here to figure out macros now that I'm approaching 40 and have a harder time losing weight. I'd really like to find a group of good people to share food and exercise accomplishments with, and help support each other in a non-competitive way.
Newish to MyFitnessPal
Hello everyone! I am starting over with this life change plan. Two years ago I lost 50 lbs. and was very happy where I was weight wise. But over the last two years I have gained 30 pounds back. I want to stop the increasing of weight and turn it around to loosing weight. I will be 61yo at the end of this month and have…
New to MyFitnessPal & tracking foods
I joined per VShred nutritionist suggestion to help track my macros and foods. Hopefully this’ll make it easier as learning all this can be overwhelming. Crossing my fingers it’ll become automatic soon.
NSV
I have been feeling my body change over the last few days and i actually feel like its starting to look different. I am at 26 lbs lost. Crazy how long it takes to see a difference? Anyone else???
New B
Hi I'm new to MFP. Have a lot of knowledge about training and meals. Looking to track for fun and both inspire and be inspired by others :)
What should my marco be set ?
I'm doing 1200 Calories a day. What is the percentage of my macro should be for weight loss?
BACK AT IT. BEEN A MEMBER SINCE 2012
TWO KIDS later, been doing F45 since Sept. Looking to lose 47 lbs. Looking for new friends for support. comment below
The next steps... a restart.
Hi everyone, I am a male over 40 who was up to 330lbs March 28th 2023. Got down to 284lbs but went back up to 294lbs over January and February. Decided to do a review and change around my macros and looking to get back on track! Going to push to 240lbs by Dec 31 2024. Looking for some active friends to join my journey and…
Help!! Calories Goal too high??
Hya, I am not sure how to get help with this .. I am overweight and trying to lose weight but exercising at same time.. I was talking to my coach today and he mentioned that I should be having around 360g of carbs, 150g Protein and 90g of fat per day. And I should be in the region of 2000 calories a day. When I try to set…
Query on healthy fat intake
Hi all, I am a novice to all of this but I have been reading a bit about that as long as you are eating real foods etc you are getting high quality nutrients. I have tried to reduce my carb intake as much as possible as I found I would be more tired after eating this sort of food. I have started eating foods such as eggs…
Delete Duplicate and Incorrect Foods
The number of duplicate and incorrect entries across all food types is staggering, and the problem continues to build, making it more and more difficult to log food accurately. It would be great if MFP would make moderating and/or cleaning up duplicate and incorrect food entries using an algorithm a priority.
How do you decide how many calories or macros?
So I see that you can go on and plug in your weight age and things like that and it’ll say here or use this many calories. And you can do the same to get your macros. I can’t help thinking that that is not specific to a person so to speak. I wanted to be able to do keto, but it doesn’t work out well for me as I don’t have…
Highest vegetables with fiber?
Hi everyone, I'm not new to MFP, but I'm on a new weightloss journey. I'm trying to eat better macros, and trying to learn about each of them. Today is all about the fiber. I'm not sure what the best vegs are. If anyone can help I'd greatly appreciate it. Terry 🙏 ❤️
Compare Food Tool
I want to compare two foods in your food database side-by-side to more easily decide which item to purchase or eat, so that I can quickly compare macros and other key nutrients. You definitely do have the largest nutrition database of any of them -- so this is the natural place I want to use to compare foods. You have at…
Here to build knowledge of nutrients and muscle
Hi everyone, after being on noom for over a year and losing most of the weight I was aiming to, I am starting here so that I can better track my macros and gain muscle. I would love to join a group, if there is one, of other late 30s-beyond who are working out and eating with the same goals in mind. 💪
Macros
Hi Can any one please provide me with a scientific guide as to how to set up an accurate % Macro Plan eg %Carbs %Protein %FAt per day thanks
Reaching protein goal
I am to consume 143 gr of protein daily on a -2000 calorie budget. I’m eating eggs, yogurt, chicken breast, and beans. But I’m lucky if I make it to 120 gr, which is rare. Any suggestions?
Fitness newbie from So California
Hello everyone , looking to network and make new friends here to support and hear feedback and tips from . Could use a supportive group through my journey .
Transitioning focus from calorie counting to macro tracking
TW - ED'S So, Starting from tomorrow I am going to transition my focus onto my macros instead of my calories to try and start feeling healthy again. I've been having a hard time recently with my relationship with food and have recently relapsed on my Binge Eating Disorder. I have lost 120 lbs through being on a calorie…
Vitamins limit?
This may be a silly question, but I had a cup of strawberries with my breakfast and saw that the alert was that I met my vitamin C goal for the day. So should I avoid vitamin c rich foods the rest of the day? When you hit a max of a macro nutrient, do you avoid going over those areas?

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