Calories/Macronutrients...Must be wrong! Ideas?

Kinne
on 9/26/16 3:31 pm

I'm perplexed. I joined myfitnesspal, and after entering my info it came up with this. Does this sound right? Carbs and Fat seem high.

Calculated:

Calories: 1550

Daily Carb: 170gm.

Daily Fat: 45gm.

Daily Protein: 68gm.

My goal was 2 # a week. I weigh 282 @ 5'4". Female. Sedentary (due to disability, chronic pain issues, unemployment)

Grim_Traveller
on 9/26/16 3:46 pm

RNY on 08/21/12

Ignore all those things. There is no reason to pay attention to that part of MyFitnessPal. Use it to track all of your food. I still do, and will hit 1500 consecutive days soon.

Keep your calories as low as you can, while hitting your protein goal. Ignore everything else.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

Kinne
on 9/27/16 12:32 am

On September 26, 2016 at 10:46 PM Pacific Time, Grim Traveller, Boy Hag wrote:

Ignore all those things. There is no reason to pay attention to that part of MyFitnessPal. Use it to track all of your food. I still do, and will hit 1500 consecutive days soon.

Keep your calories as low as you can, while hitting your protein goal. Ignore everything else.

GTB, Boy Hag...

I completely agree! Thanks!

hollykim
on 9/26/16 5:47 pm - Nashville, TN

Revision on 03/18/15

On September 26, 2016 at 10:31 PM Pacific Time, Kinne wrote:

I'm perplexed. I joined myfitnesspal, and after entering my info it came up with this. Does this sound right? Carbs and Fat seem high.

Calculated:

Calories: 1550

Daily Carb: 170gm.

Daily Fat: 45gm.

Daily Protein: 68gm.

My goal was 2 # a week. I weigh 282 @ 5'4". Female. Sedentary (due to disability, chronic pain issues, unemployment)

what were some of the foods on your menu? The carbs do seem high as well as the calories

Grim_Traveller
on 9/26/16 5:53 pm

RNY on 08/21/12

It's not what she is eating. It's what MFP is telling her she SHOULD be eating.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

hollykim
on 9/26/16 6:00 pm - Nashville, TN

Revision on 03/18/15

oh, i thought when she said she "entered her info" she meat her food items for the day

Kinne
on 9/26/16 8:59 pm

On September 27, 2016 at 12:47 AM Pacific Time, hollykim wrote:

On September 26, 2016 at 10:31 PM Pacific Time, Kinne wrote:

I'm perplexed. I joined myfitnesspal, and after entering my info it came up with this. Does this sound right? Carbs and Fat seem high.

Calculated:

Calories: 1550

Daily Carb: 170gm.

Daily Fat: 45gm.

Daily Protein: 68gm.

My goal was 2 # a week. I weigh 282 @ 5'4". Female. Sedentary (due to disability, chronic pain issues, unemployment)

what were some of the foods on your menu? The carbs do seem high as well as the calories

hollykim,

I just joined this morning. I haven't entered anything yet.

Kinne
on 9/26/16 9:08 pm

Foods, that is.

hollykim
on 9/27/16 8:37 am - Nashville, TN

Revision on 03/18/15

On September 27, 2016 at 3:59 AM Pacific Time, Kinne wrote:

On September 27, 2016 at 12:47 AM Pacific Time, hollykim wrote:

On September 26, 2016 at 10:31 PM Pacific Time, Kinne wrote:

I'm perplexed. I joined myfitnesspal, and after entering my info it came up with this. Does this sound right? Carbs and Fat seem high.

Calculated:

Calories: 1550

Daily Carb: 170gm.

Daily Fat: 45gm.

Daily Protein: 68gm.

My goal was 2 # a week. I weigh 282 @ 5'4". Female. Sedentary (due to disability, chronic pain issues, unemployment)

what were some of the foods on your menu? The carbs do seem high as well as the calories

hollykim,

I just joined this morning. I haven't entered anything yet.

I misunderstood. I agree with Grim. Those values are for normies, who haven't had weight loss surgery. If you look around onthe site there is a place to input the values you want.