Hey y'all!

I was just wondering, for those of you who use My Fitness Pal on a daily basis, what percentage of your daily nutrition has been Protein? Also, I know that too much of fat and carbs are "BAD", but if those make up 2/3 of the whole day, which one is worse to have more of? I try to keep my protein at least around 20%, but it make me cringe to see the carbs percentage. I might add that I set my calorie goal to 800 cal a day. Every time I complete my log for the day it gives me a "starvation mode" warning.

It depends on where you are post-op and your doctor's goals. Mine gave me an IDEAL breakdown of 70-75% Protein, 10-20% good carbs (green veggies, fruits, some grain), and 5-10% healthy fats (olive oil, avocado, almonds). If you consider there are 4 calories in every gram of protein, and you're aiming for 70-90g of protein on say a 600-800 calorie diet (what most patients are for months 2-9), then it can be more like 45-60% depending on the day.

Twenty percent sounds too low to get adequate protein

That was what I was thinking. My doctor never gave me a set amount of protein that I need to be getting. The most he said at my follow up appointment was to be eating three meals a day and limit snacking as much as possible. I feel a bit lost compared to most people here on the forum. I guess I must educate myself. I only saw the dietitian once and that was while I was still hopped up on pain meds day one in hospital, and she just gave me a gastric bypass nutritional info packet, and said to go by that. It was disheartening.

For Protein I was told that if I'm aiming for 800 calories, then 80 grams of protein, or 700 calories, 70 grams of protein, 600 calories, 60 grams...etc...

I use MFP every day, and unless you take in about 1200 cals/day, it WILL give you the starvation warning. Just ignore it. I shoot for 800 calories.

What's worse, fat or carbs? well, depends on your body and how it works. My body thinks carbs are very bad. I quit losing if I hit a certain amount of carbs. Doc said I'm "insulin resistant" which is true for a lot of us who have turned to WLS.

on MFP I'm dooter69 if you want to add me.

I get the starvation mode warning every single day. It also tells me my calories are set way too low, but I don't care. I check my protein by going to "home" and "daily". As long as I'm over 70g of protein, I don't worry about the other stats.

I get the starvation mode warning every single day. It also tells me my calories are set way too low' date=' but I don't care. I check my Protein by going to "home" and "daily". As long as I'm over 70g of protein, I don't worry about the other stats.[/quote']

Great new pic Lissa!!!!

You can change your profile preferences to how ever many calories you want per day. Once you change that you won't get the starvation message.

I still get the starvation message every day even though I've changed my preferences. I wonder if there's a trick I'm missing?

Hey y'all!

I was just wondering, for those of you who use My Fitness Pal on a daily basis, what percentage of your daily nutrition has been Protein? Also, I know that too much of fat and carbs are "BAD", but if those make up 2/3 of the whole day, which one is worse to have more of? I try to keep my protein at least around 20%, but it make me cringe to see the carbs percentage. I might add that I set my calorie goal to 800 cal a day. Every time I complete my log for the day it gives me a "starvation mode" warning.

Thanks for bringing up this topic. I have been wondering myself.