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That's a good point. Percentage of calories from fat is distinct from number of grams per 100 grams. I looked around some more and found this on an NHS site: It seems like a shopping/eating rule-of-thumb to bring down overall fat. The percentage of calories from fat over the course of the whole day might still end up…

You want at least enough protein and at least enough fat. After that, it's a matter of personal preference and what keeps you satiated. The MFP default of 20% protein, 30% fat, and 50% carbs works for me. Since you want low carb, you might want to try something like 25%P-50%F-25%C. Alternately, just log the way you…

It takes a certain amount of calories to run a body throughout the day doing things like digesting food and exercising. If you consume exactly the same amount of calories as your body uses, that's maintenance. You'll maintain your current weight. If you consume fewer calories than your body uses, that will put you at a…

Do the food labels in your country look something like this? I'm thinking that your GP is wanting you to shop for foods that say on the nutrition label that they have 3g or fewer of fat per 100g rather than specifically tracking your total intake in 100g increments.

Personally, I aim for 80% of my calories from nutrient-dense foods and 20% from treats. No guilt. All part of the master plan.

A calorie is a very small unit of energy. When we talk about food or exercise Calories, those are actually kilocalories. The convention is to capitalize Calories when it's used in place of kilocalories but that's rarely done these days. If your watch says 73, you burned 73 kilocalories, which would be 73,000 calories. You…

"Rude" isn't the same as "out of the question." If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you need to assert control over what, when, and how much you eat. Even if you must eat at the restaurant, no one can enforce your portion size unless you let them. It took a lot of emotional effort (and still does) to say no and…

The weight on the scale swings a bit even if you do everything correctly. You want to look for an overall downward trend over time. Patience and consistency are needed. You don't have to be perfect. If you fall off the wagon, just get back on and keep going. I don't know if 1900 calories are a deficit for you, especially…

There's no way to know "for sure" how many calories are in anything that we eat. Luckily, close enough is close enough. The more you can narrow down variables, the closer you can get. Eating food that someone else prepared introduces a lot of variables. Even if a restaurant lists calorie amounts for foods, that's just a…

Are you using a tracker? If so, just link it to MFP and it will take care of the adjustments. Where the calories are counted from (as exercise or daily activity) really doesn't matter as long as you don't double-count. For example: A person who says that they are sedentary might get 1450 calories per day as a baseline and…

Body types don't matter. Losing weight requires that you consume fewer calories than your body uses. Nutrition is always important so I follow the rule-of-thumb to get 80% of my calories from nutrition-dense foods and 20% from treats. You can build your own way of eating using the foods that you like by adjusting your…

Be sure to double-check the entries that you scan against the box for accuracy. Scanning a barcode just searches MFP's own user-generated database for an item that uses that barcode number as one of its search terms. There's no direct manufacturer link. Nutrition Facts can be different for different locations, the…

My Fitbit reported an inflated calorie burn before I started taking a beta blocker. Now my reported calorie burn lines up quite well with my actual weight loss rate. Pulse rate is a proxy for determining intensity. Your medication is artificially reducing your pulse but the same exercise intensity will burn the same…

For weight loss, what is needed is to consume fewer calories than your body uses. Too many calories, even if the calories are from "clean" foods, will cause weight gain. My suggestion is that you log the way that your normally eat for a couple of weeks. That will give you some data. You can then look back through to see…

125 g is a unit of weight, not volume. They are sold by weight and, as long as the weight is right, there's no legal problem. Volume measurements are secondary and that's why so many items say that "some settling may occur during shipping" or something similar.

Calorie recommendations from online calculators are a starting point. If you've been counting calories for months and months, then you should have gathered enough personal data to know your personal calorie requirements. If you eat X calories and burn Y calories, what does your weight do?

Weighing daily lets me see that one weigh-in is just a data point so I don't stress over it. It's the trend that matters. Having daily weights also lets me see patterns.

Many restaurants have nutritional information for their food on their websites. Fast food chains tend to be more consistent in preparation so I'd trust their info a bit more. Calorie and/or macro counting takes experience and practice to get good at doing. Start exploring and you'll learn as you go.

You're welcome! On the website (not the app), go to My Home > Goals > Fitness and click Edit. The right side of the screen shows this box:

I have Premium and do most of the things mentioned here. From the website: go to MY HOME > Goals To set Macros by the gram: click Edit beside Daily Nutrition Goals click Set by Grams beside Macronutrients To set Micronutrients/Macro subcategories where you want them: click Edit beside Micronutrients To turn off exercise…

Those are still foods that users enter into the MFP database. The barcode isn't linked to manufacturer information. Barcodes are just associated with database items like keywords are.

The MFP default is 50% of your calories from carbs, 20% from protein, and 30% from fats.

Sub-200 pounds seemed to be the magic threshold for me to move into the realm of medical visibility. Things got even better when my BMI got down to the Overweight range. Normal didn't seem to provide much of a change of attitude compared to Overweight.

That, right there, is a great reason for you to find a different way. However, that doesn't mean that calorie counting is a lesser way than whatever way that you eventually settle into using.

I was referring to your second post as much as the video when I mentioned pushback. Why does it feel like a crutch? Also, what's wrong with a crutch? It's a tool. Tools are there to use and there's no shame/harm in using them. It's like saying that side mirrors on a car are a crutch because you can just look over your…

So, basically MyPlate: He didn't mention fats at all in the video. He laid out a suggested ratio with clock hand positions and then didn't even follow it himself. He discussed food portion size but not eating frequency or number of meals. He was spot on when he said that it's ultimately about calories and figuring out how…