My Fitness Pal Preset Goals
Did your nutritionist give you a daily protein goal? I would start there. The dense, lean proteins we are told to eat first and foremost have driven my numbers for me for the most part due to the enforced portion size and also due to my intention to undereat my sleeve always.
For me having my protein at a minimum of 60 but shooting for 80. People have different philosphies on what the carbs should be. If you are going low carb then 40 grams. If you want higher then start moving it up to 50, 60, 80. My calories at that time were 400-600, then 600-800 (for quite a while) and now 700-900 at 8 months out.
You have to do what is best for you and your exercise level. Just remember it is easier to start low and slowly move than it is to start high and try and cut back.
I can't improve much, if any, on what Jackie T. has already told you. My personal goal was calculated to be 95g/day, but I'm 5'8" tall and have a large frame. I usually read the 60-80g/day that she mentioned. I was getting over 100g/day routinely, but was told at my nutrition meeting on Monday to back off of that and not to exceed 100g/day due to the increased risk of developing kidney stones.
There are 320 calories calculated to be in 80g of protein, FWIW. The calories for 30g of carbs would rough out to 120. Then figure 9 calories per gram of fat.
As I'm sure you've read already, many people here have success from keeping the carbs low, but not everyone holds that philosophy.
Laurie
Sleeved 6/12/13 - 100 pounds lost to get to goal!
I gave up trying to use MFP's goals. I tried tinkering with the manual settings a few times but it only lets you enter percentages and then back into some of the calcs. For me it seemed like a good tool for normal weight loss efforts but doesn't seem to calibrate well for those of us in the WLS group. Just my opinion.
That said, I use it every day to track my intake on the stuff you mentioned. I just keep my own goals in my head for comparison to the daily totals it generates for me, and I ignore it's suggested goals.
HW: 255 (6/5/13), SW: 240 (6/19/13), CW: 169 (9/16/14)
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