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I’ve seen some posts from folks whose calorie adjustments from apple watch end up being negative, meaning they’re burning less calories than MFP would expect them to. I’m a college student with an active job on my feet so my activity level is set to slightly active. I’ve never had a negative calorie adjustment, and sometimes mine end up being positive (burning more than expected), so would it be safe to assume I’ve chosen the correct activity level? Or is calorie adjustment not an appropriate metric to use for gauging activity level? Thanks in advance

Hello, this app was very successful for me years ago.. just starting over and hoping it’s still a go. Seems more difficult to lose weight at 47( 48 next month), woman, high blood pressure, recent fibroid embolization. Would like to drop 10 … any tips?!

Hi, I am currently on a calorie deficit and read much about it but don‘t understand everything.

I selected my height (178cm), weight (70kg) in the mfp app and selected that I want to lose weight.

My main goal however is to lose fat (and a nice side thing would be to gain muscles with proteins and workouts) because I think that I have a high percentage of fat percentage. So I have to be in a calorie deficit and then lose weight and fat together? But what would happen if I wouldn‘t want to lose weight but only fat? (Because I think in the past I was „skinny fat“)

Then it displays that mfp set my goal to 1500 calories per day. Are these the calories I have to eat to be in a calorie deficit or to hold my weight?

Then I have another question. I also have to look at my proteins (to gain muscles during I lose fat?), that‘s the thing I know. But if I don‘t eat that many proteins a day, do I still lose fat?

Do I also have to look at my carbs and fats nutrition? Because I don‘t know anything how much carbs/fats I have to eat to be lose fat.

I also don‘t quite understand how/what I should eat all day to have a calorie deficit, have the same amount of proteins per kg, don‘t eat too much sugar and have the right amount of nutritions like carbs and fats…

Sorry for asking so much.

This may sound stupid but i’m confused how my fitness pal adds extra calories that were burnt off through exercise. I thought that the calculated calories for maintenance. (in my case 2300), already included exercise as I input that in as me being “very active”. However my “active calories” seem to be added on, making my calories go up to 3000? I thought that the maintenance calories of 2300 already consisted of my BMR + my active calories and energy for digestion and unconscious movement. So my question is really, are those 2300 maintenance calories without my active calories? It’s a bit silly but it doesn’t seem to make complete sense to me.

I’m trying to see if I should include my exercise calories when doing my deficit?

So it says that 500 grams of minced meat contaons 16.8 g of proteins..? Am i reading this wrong? Also, it says 29% protein, but calculates wrong?.

So recently my protein powder stack finished and I'm from Pakistan so it's not really cheap here good protein powder that is. So i decided to buy a bunch of dry fruits i grinded them and everything converted them into powdered form now idk how many servings they are and I'm trying to find out the perfect amount of servings I'd have. The dry fruits are 2kilograms of black chickpeas,1 Kilogram of walnut, half a kilo cashews and half a kilo almonds if anyone can help me please do I'm very confused

Are my carbs to high and protein to low? The reason I ask is because a lot of macro calculators have me at closer to 170g of protein and around 320g of carbs…that being said I’m only 5’11 weighing 145lbs and a lot of reputable sources are saying to stick to 1g of protein per lb of body weight such as Dr. Mike Istratel(RP), Thomas Delauer, Jeff Caviler(AthleanX) even Mike Metzer and Arnie said to keep protein closer to your body weight. I know extra protein doesn’t hurt but from what Dr. Mike is saying then unless your prepping for a comp or just have the extra money to burn then it’s pointless to eat over your body weight with very little benefits compared to eating 1:1

I’m primarily tracking protein/carbs, is it a new setting default where the app now won’t track anything under its set amount of 1,200 - 1,800 calories? I don’t want to track calories or the fruit and veg I eat, I’m specifically trying to increase protein. My diet is balanced, I don’t suffer from disordered eating, I am hypothyroid and was asked to make some mods by my endocrinologist.

I have tried logging in with Google, the pop up comes up, goes to a full page loading screen, and then back to the Sign Up/Login page. I've tried logging in with email and password, same thing. I'm using the right password because a) I changed it yesterday and b) when I do put in the wrong password, it gives me a pop up saying so.

I've tried creating an account with Google but get a popup saying email is already associated. I've tried creating an account with a different email. Once I've created a password though, no matter how much I press "Next", nothing happens.

I have cleared the cache, updated the app, uninstall/reinstall, restarted my phone. I've uninstalled, restarted my phone, reinstalled. I have adguard on my phone which can cause some issues sometimes. I've done all of the above with adguard on and off.

Any ideas?

New to MyFitnesspal, didn't realise that I could try and scan my meal and seem to not be able to do it retrospectively.

Picture is of a Buffalo Chicken Hot Pot from chain Yolk (UK). They don't have nutritional info on their website.

I wish I had the ability when I was making a recipe that I could just scan all my items continuously bang, bang, bang without having to stop an approve each one. Then after, I can go back and edit later. Is that too much to ask? Is it there an I am missing it? Anyone else agree?

Guys I can't seem to find this one please don't tell me this is not an option..

Whenever I scan a barcode for a food item how do I save it on a list so I can add it from there next time and not have to scan it everytime?

Looking for more folks to be friends with on MFP. Been really working on consistency recently and I find having accountability partners to be very helpful. I’m down a little over 20 lbs so far and have at least 30 more to go. If you’re interested, send me a friend request!

Username: KaseyJohanna

Male 5’7 140lbs eating at 1600 calories

Im just wondering what you guys think about the macro nutrients in my diet. I feel like my carb intake might be high compared to fats Also my sugar intake seems high even though it’s mainly from whole foods like vegetables and fruits. (About 10-15 grams are usually added sugars.

Anyone else getting the pop up to log in everyday? It’s been like that all week. I just realized today that if I click cancel I’m still logged in. But still it’s annoying.

Has anyone found a way to modify the exercise calories to include only documented exercise and not daily steps? I have it connected to my Garmin watch and I don't mind eating back purposeful exercise - say if I track a walk or a Pilates workout on my Garmin- but I don't trust the calories it gives me from my step count (which I generally don't think is overly accurate).

Alternatively, if you DO eat back your step count calories and it's working for you that's good to know too.

If my Premium account lapses for a couple of days, will my data be saved until I add it back? Or does it disappear immediately? (For clarity, I'm on the 30-day trial, which is my first and only experience with the app so I want to see if I miss the Premium features when it expires.)

TIA

For both deficit and maintenance please. I don’t know if i should re download the app.

I work 40 hours and 60 hours every other week in a warehouse getting 20,000-25,000 steps moving packages averaging 1lb-10lbs but up to 50lbs for 8 hours followed by loading and then pulling 150lb-360lb carts 100-500ft for 2 hours.

I run twice a week on my days off only 30 minutes right now but I’m trying to build up to running for distance not time. I’d like to get to 6-8 miles eventually.

I lift for 45 minutes 6 days a week. I know some people may immediately think omg that’s too much lifting but im an experienced lifter and I’m good at designing programs to avoid crossover and injury. I’m following a PPL schedule twice a week if you know what that is so every muscle gets 72 hours of rest before being used again in the gym. I also train core and forearms separately but that doesn’t take much time maybe 10 minutes 3x for forearms 2x for core.

Is this active or extremely active on the MFP app? I get don’t get many steps at all outside of work and take 1 full day off from physical activity per week.

I ran 10 miles this morning which was 1,321 calories. I’m not going to eat all of these extra today but on Tuesday I’m going out for a meal and drinks. Do you think I can get away with carrying them over?

The main issue of this app is that it's completely inaccurate. For most of the foods I scan, I get around 6 or 7 entries and they are ALL inaccurate. All wrong. Crazy!

I would understand this for a homemade recipe but for a packaged product with a barcode with specific values written on the package? Insane.

Not only MyFitnessPal doesn't check the entries and remove the wrong ones, it doesn't give us that possibility to tap on a star icon and add the "good" ones to our favorites. So every time instead of taking a few seconds to add a food I waste 5 minutes.

Please fix it

I initially put in 500 calories and it automatically changed it to 150 for some reason. How can I disable the auto adjust?

I'm using an Android phone, and the app is stuck in perma load. has anyone else encountered this issue?

I’ve used MFP for a long time. I’m just recently “back” to eating better and tracking. Since I left it seems my ability to scan a barcode has been moved to behind the paywall.

What else will I get?