How do I change my Protein, Carb and Fat Calories?

[Darla499]

Hi,

I can't find the place where I set my goals for the fat/calorie/carbs intake.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

[tamado]

If you pay for premium you get to see a graph of how your breakdown looks, you can customize your targets there as well.  I find this helpful to tweak my diet on an ongoing basis.  I like to create meals that I repeat for quick selection but I will also play with quantities to change the ratios on a meal.  For example, I know exactly how I order my lunch salad from my restaurant (which I own).  I ask for a taco salad with half chips, half cheese and double chicken and that gives me a nice low carb protein beast of a salad :-).  When you log foods on the PC, you can see what the breakdown is percentage wise for individual items, a meal (like dinner) and the day so you get a sense of how you are trending.  I just know roughly what I want for ratios and aim for that.  I used bodybuilding.com's calculator to get my range I am shooting for.  You can see from my attached image what my targets are and what this week is currently trending at (I am a little high on fat and carbs and low on protein).  I find this is a pretty normal graph for me right now so I keep trying to find ways to increase my protein but I have been losing 2-3 lbs/week so I am not too obsessed about it either.

[Darla499]

Thank you sooo much! I'll go check it out. Yep, I pay for premium. I'm in love with it all! Even bought me an Aria scale.

You said you lose 2 - 3 pounds a week. How many calories are you in deficit on average, per day?

Thanks again

[Darla499]

Oh but wait! That's the page I can't find. I've seen it before, but I can't find it again.

[tamado]

When you are in your dashboard, click on premium at the top.  You have to pay for premium but I think there may be a trial mode.  Once you are there, click on the food tab in the premium panels.

[tamado]

I don't know that I buy their numbers.  I am running on about 1500 calories a day (give or take, I log everything but don't weigh everything) and it says I've burned 4,000 today.  I don't think I'm 2500 calories short but probably 1500-2000.  I think I have a bit of slow metabolism so I seem to have to really undercut myself to loose but it's working so I won't complain.  As I get closer to my goal I think I'll up my intake to 2,000 on my active days and I am easing off on my carb restrictions a bit (I am still only eating healthy carbs but I may allow myself a little more rice, whole wheat pasta, etc).