HI,

I am 2 weeks from surgery. I see many of you use My Fitness Pal and I have a question. My nut says I have to get 60 grams of Protein minimum. I have been following the food plan they gave me but when I put it in My Fitness Pal, it says I don't need that much protein. That is discouraging. So how do the rest of you use the site and get it set up to the right criteria for WLS. I don't want to be working hard to follow a plan and then have a tool I am using to track it ( My Fitness Pal) tell me I am off the mark or wrong when I know I am following the program. As it is now, I am manually entering all my meals and information in my electronic calendar but I would like a tool to make it easier. I just don't want one that undermines me or says there is an error when I am doing what my nut tells me to do.

Thanks!!

MFP is great and very adaptable. Somewhere in the settings (need to go to full site, not the app) you can adjust your levels.

I don't put my exercise in. I feel that it takes away too many cals.

I DO save many of my meals & foods so they come up easily. There's a learning curve but once you get past that it should be easy.

I have completely adjusted the daily goals, and use what was given to me by my surgeon/nutritionist. I do enter in all my exercise, but use my daily calorie goal (800 calories) as my food limiter. The exercise is all deficit that way, and goes towards my weight loss.

Laura

Go to the MFP website --> http://www.myfitnesspal.com --> log in using your username and password --> Go to the "Food" tab --> go to "goals" --> to go "change goals" --> hit "custom" --> enter your nutrient requirements and hit save. You're done!

I changed mine to reflect the amount of carbs and Protein I need and it's been working wonderfully for me. Add me when you get a chance: thehappycat

Thanks!!! You guys are the best! I found it and adjusted it. I realize it will be a process ( isn't all of this WLS) but it seems more doable now with MFP. This should be easier than what I was doing since July. I decided to put the times of my meals and other stuff ( fullness, mood) that it was suggested to track in the notes. I first looked at MFP when I first met with the nut but it didn't seem to fit what they were telling me to do. Now that you all have given me some more ideas on how to tweak it, this seems so much easier. THANKS!!! I can see why the support here is going to be so important to my success and finally getting and staying at a healthy weight! Hope all of you have a blessed Thanksgiving weekend!

I put the app on my phone and I must say, I am getting the hang of the program. Thanks again for helping me find how to adjust it. This will make tracking my food intake so much easier!