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You will never get the numbers to reconcile correctly. The label macros won't always match up to the calories and the MFP version data isn't always 100% correct.
MisterSuperGod
New Member
Question, good sir. When you close out your journal for the day and it tells you that if you ate like this everyday, in 5 weeks you will weigh xxx pounds, do you find that to be accurate for you?
mr_meanor
New Member
These apps are food for tracking macros but that's about it imo. Also alot of the preset macros you select from a list are innacurate like stated above, so best to make your own entries.
JoeBlob12
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I’m using it to maintain but yes it says I will stay at 181 and I’ve been that for a few weeks now.
But the calorie to macro difference usually isn’t this off. Maybe by a few but I still had 26g of protein and 8g of fat to eat and it said I was already over.
JoeBlob12
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Also, what do you guys use for grilled chicken? There’s 100 different grilled chicken options and they’re all different. Some have tons of fat, some have barely any and can vary by 2-300 calories per 8oz. I can’t scan a barcode and weigh it raw because I get it from the butcher, plus weighing it raw makes it impossible to do when you’re making a couple pounds at a time and then meal prepping. Same with Cod.
This is what I use or I use the label.
https://www.nationalchickencouncil.org/chicken-the-preferred-protein-for-your-health-and-budget/the-nutritional-value-of-chicken/
I know everyone wants the numbers to all be as perfect as possible but it'll never work that way. Your calorie intake will always vary, your TDEE will always vary. As long as you see a good trend, you're on the right track.
Necessary Evil
Member
I once read somewhere that the labels most of the time have a deviation of 5% of what they actually show. Depending on your goal (Bulk/cut) you could account for that when structuring your diet by vigorously tracking your energy intake as well as your body weight fluctuations.
As a side note, I always preferred Chronometer since I think it has more database you can draw data from as well as calculating your micronutrient needs.
As a side note, I always preferred Chronometer since I think it has more database you can draw data from as well as calculating your micronutrient needs.
JoeBlob12
New Member
You have to pay $2.99 or something for the food data bank correct? Otherwise you have to input everything manually?
MisterSuperGod
New Member
@JoeBlob12 i haven't been able to close out my journal for the past couple of days. Have you been experiencing the same issue by chance?
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Endure
Member
Labels definitely aren't 100%, very much agreed. I think with these apps you are lucky to be within +/-150 calories of intake and that's going to be weighing everything and being extremely meticulous. Ever weighed protein bars from the same box? You'd be surprised at even how much they fluctuate.
JoeBlob12
New Member
Honestly I never close it out.. but I just went in and closed out the last few days to check and it seems to be working for mine.
MisterSuperGod
New Member
Interesting. Maybe they're on to my hacked version? i suppose closing out the day isn't really necessary as long as i can still access the database and continue tracking my diet. Thanks.
MisterSuperGod
New Member
Scratch that last assumption. App is working as normal again.
i like to see the streak of consecutive days of logging climb.
i like to see the streak of consecutive days of logging climb.
JoeBlob12
New Member
Mine still give me the streak without closing it out. I actually didn’t even know that was an option until you mentioned it so I’m just used to doing it that way. I’m going to try to get in the habit of closing it out each day.
JP1979
Member
I liked the Under Armor discounts for consecutive days logged
MisterSuperGod
New Member
i didn't know that. i guess the only thing that closing it out does then is at the start of a new week, they send you a weekly digest that shows total calories consumed for the week, a graph that shows how tight your macros were on each day and a few other weekly related totals.
JoeBlob12
New Member
Oh nice!
Necessary Evil
Member
Don't think so. I paid $2.99 on mobile just to have those annoying ads removed and that was about it. I have available for free 3 nutritional databases but of course, I manually add my local foods just to be sure that I track accurately.
Indeed, but it only matters in the initial stages of constructing your diet. After you fix the possible fluctuations and adjust accordingly what's in the label won't matter as much.
