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It means that several people have said the information on that entry is correct. It's not a guarantee of accuracy but it's supposed to help find the good entries vs. the bad ones in the database.

By default, your carb goal is set up as 50% of your calories for the day. Your carb goal is so high because you logged over 2000 calories burned in exercise, which raised your calorie goal and, in turn, raised your carb goal to match.

There's a huge database you can check out here: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10247171/carbs-and-fats-are-cheap-heres-a-guide-to-getting-your-proteins-worth-fiber-also/p1 (It's one of the stickied "must reads" at the top of the Food and Nutrition board if you need to find it again)

^great post. There's a reason this video is included in the stickied "must reads" posts at the top of each forum section. Definitely check those out if you haven't had a chance yet.

We don't have the OP's stats yet. You don't know whether she burns 2000 calories a day or 2500 or 3000. 1000-1200 cals/day might be reasonable or it might be a 2.5-3 pounds/week deficit. You don't know. I don't know. And this thread is so far derailed that I would be surprised if the OP comes back to it (if they log in…

I prefer larger meals and room for evening snacks, so I tend toward two meals a day. It's funny how different everyone's hunger cues can be. Personal preference and what works best for you is the important thing.

Have you been through the stickied "must reads" posts on the Food and Nutrition board yet? This one in particular should help: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10247171/carbs-and-fats-are-cheap-heres-a-guide-to-getting-your-proteins-worth-fiber-also/p1

Absolutely no one should suggest a number to you without more details. How much string do I need to cross this gap? No, I'm not going to tell you how wide the gap is or anything about the string. You just have to guess. Anyone who tries to answer that kind of question is telling you more about themselves than about your…

Personal preference

This list would probably be helpful too: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10326769/are-you-a-hard-gainer-please-read/p1

I looked back a couple of weeks in your diary. It looks like you eat out a fair amount. That's fine, but it is harder to log accurately since you can't be sure the restaurant is serving consistent portions and the sodium may cause weight fluctuations that sometimes look like a stall on the scale. It might be worth taking…

I should add eggs and fish to the list above. But I really want to stress how very low 15g of carbs is. There are very few diets that go that low and most people work up to that level of low carb. Even keto usually allows more like 50 grams of NET carbs. 15g is almost nothing when it comes to carbs. I wouldn't want to see…

Meat, some types of dairy (cheese, heavy cream, butter, etc), oils and other types of fat. Those are going to make up the bulk of your diet if you want to stay at 15g carbs. Look for keto friendly and carnivore recipes. You'll probably want to be sure you consume some offal or organ meats to get your vitamins without…

MFP's default carb goal is 50% of your daily calories or about 150 grams for a 1200-calorie diet. Was 15 grams a typo? Even keto doesn't usually go that low and it will make it hard to hit your calories with carbs at only 15g.

You might find some ideas here: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1 Pages 1-3 are sort of general thoughts, pages 4-5 are recipes, pages 5-7 are pictures of Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson posing in front of food, and pages 7+ are more recipes and links to meal plans where I…

If I'm doing the math correctly, you're already in a healthy weight range for your height. Once you get into that range, the loss tends to slooow down. It may take 14 weeks or it may take 28+. The only way to know for sure is to get started and see what happens.

some of my go-to breakfasts: Just coffee Greek yogurt Mini egg frittatas (I make a batch on the weekends and pop them in the microwave in the morning) Overnight oats Steel cut oats with fruit & protein powder Bagel thin with whipped cream cheese and lox Mashed avocado on toast Blueberry pancakes (I eat mine with Greek…

104-135 is the healthy weight range at 5'2", so a goal of 102 would put the OP in the underweight category.

It can be very daunting to seek professional help when you need it. I had to seek out a therapist years ago for depression (I was regularly crying at work over every little thing and it was terrible) and my mother had to make the first appointment for me because I couldn't reach out. I have never regretted seeking that…

I have about 20 oz of diety soda a day, most days. No blood sugar spikes. No extra hungry feelings. No interference with my weight loss. Some artificial sweeteners are a known migraine trigger in some people. They also seem to make some people feel hungrier. But those are individual effects and you can judge for yourself…

I'm utterly annoyed by this decision on MFP's part. Someone is going to end up hurting themselves trying to stay at zero on those fats one day.

This is something you should talk to the doc about just to be sure

The food database here is as accurate as you make it. Everything here is crowd sourced, so we can all add and correct entries in the food database. There are some really bad entries out there. Some are just wrong (hello 5,000 calorie garlic clove), some have been added without filling in all the fields, and some entries…

With a closed diary and absolutely no details about your routine, all that we can offer is generic advice. If you'd like to share more information or temporarily set your diary to public, I'm sure people would be happy to try and troubleshoot what might be happening. Until then, these would be my general suggestions: 1. If…

If it's only been two weeks, then yeah water weight from your monthly cycle or the increased exercise would be my first guess. Drink plenty of fluids and see if you can wait it out. Otherwise, again, we don't have a lot of details. Your diary is closed. You haven't said how well you track, what kind of exercise or how…

How long have you been at it? It sounds from your post like maybe it's only been a few days? And you've added new/more workouts? Is that right? If so, give your body some time. It takes some people a few weeks to see the scale go down after starting more exercise because of the inevitable water retention that comes with…

Boredom eating is tricky because there may or may not be something else behind it that would be helpful to figure out. Here are some ideas that may or may not work for you. Play around and see what you like: * Play around with the types of food you're eating. Protein-filled meals never leave me satisfied. I need a good fat…

There are two parts to accurate logging: knowing what you eat and knowing how much of it you eat. The barcode scanner only helps with the first half (and is just as fallible as the rest of the database - be sure you're double checking those entries). The second half - how you measure your portions - is just as important…

I will never forget a poster we had on the boards once who proclaimed that a small banana is only 90 calories and she always bought the biggest bananas she could find so that she got more banana for those 90 calories. I'm not sure she ever realized her mistake.

I had good results using the method described here to set my macros: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/819055/setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets It's not specifically geared towards low carb, but the important take-away is to pick a setup and adjust as you go. There's no one right way to set your macros…