fitness pal

[heart_lungs 3]

Hi does anyone use fitness pal? When I set it up it gave me a intake of 1900 calories how can I adjust it?

[KristinaRnY 455]

Settings > fitness goals

[enjoyinglife 313]

If you are talking about: www.myfitnesspal.com

Here's how you go about it: click on goals, then click on change goals. You now have two options. 1. Guided and 2. Custom

Click on custom. Click on continue. The next screen you see will let you manually change everything including Net Calories Consumed. When you are done changing everything, click the green box at the bottom that says: change goals.

Hope this helps.

[heart_lungs 3]

Thanks so much! :-) how much calories should I put? ? I'm week 7 post op?

[enjoyinglife 313]

I can't honestly answer that. I would talk to your nutritionist. Mine never gave me a number. The only goal she gave me was to get 100 grams of Protein a day. I have been logging my food for the past 3 weeks and I rarely eat more than 1,000 calories a day. I do hit my Protein goal about 80% of the time.

[KristinaRnY 455]

I would go with whatever your doctor recommends... If he/she didn't give you a calorie goal try asking them but until then if you have no other idea of what to shoot for I see people just out shooting for 500-800 and then later 800-1000 but I don't typically find people post op consuming over 1100... I am still pre op and I eat 1200 a day, the 600-800 is what my doctor recommended for me immediately post op

[heart_lungs 3]

Ok thanks. I'm 7 weeks post op and have a hard time in taking more than 750 which has been my high. This diet thong is hard work lol

[jodie1961 77]

I love my fitness pal! I am using it for my Pre-Op weight loss. Have to lose 5% and get my NUT classes in for the NUT to sign off. It has taught me ALOT! I track even when I don't eat right, I have learned how high the sodium is in foods that I thought were a good choice to eat. I track my exercise as well. Can't wait to see it move tracking my weight loss....down about 5-6 lbs so far. Good luck w/your post diet.

[KristinaRnY 455]

Feel free to add me to MFP.. Kpatnode90

[Birthsjourney 146]

I use MFP and wear a wrist band called FitBit Flex and deal with the same questions... I can track my liquids but they focus on calories not Protein count! Thanks for the input on " how" to change or customize my goals!

[Baconville 578]

I love my fitness pal! I am using it for my Pre-Op weight loss. Have to lose 5% and get my NUT classes in for the NUT to sign off. It has taught me ALOT! I track even when I don't eat right, I have learned how high the sodium is in foods that I thought were a good choice to eat. I track my exercise as well. Can't wait to see it move tracking my weight loss....down about 5-6 lbs so far. Good luck w/your post diet.

I began using MFP about two and a half months before surgery. I lost 40 pounds! I had surgery in June, and have used it everyday since I found the app in April. I recommend it to anyone wanting to loose weight. I am nearly 7 months post op and I have now lost 154 pounds. I really believe that MFP is the key to my success. I also believe that continuing to use it will be critical to long term success. It is a magnificent tool!!

[DLCoggin 1,788]

Well it will come as no shock to anyone who has read some of my posts but I am a huge fan of MFP. Actually I'm a huge fan of logging period. Very, very powerful tool. MFP is great but many forum members love Spark People and there are other apps that do pretty much the same thing. Whatever app you choose - LOG!!

[KristinaRnY 455]

It does make a huge difference! I'm addicted to logging, i plan every meal of my day 3 days in advance, sometimes I'll even log in advance and just adjust it if need be. If I don't log in advance I'm logging while I am eating. I started with a journal in May 2013, in October I started using MFP, either way... Log your food!! Btw I am still pre op, you don't have to wait until after your surgery to start. I'm not saying you have to log while you eat like me (because I love to log) you can still enjoy your food, log everything at the end of the day if you cAn remember and it works for you. However you do it, log it, you will see results.

[Baconville 578]

It does make a huge difference! I'm addicted to logging, i plan every meal of my day 3 days in advance, sometimes I'll even log in advance and just adjust it if need be. If I don't log in advance I'm logging while I am eating. I started with a journal in May 2013, in October I started using MFP, either way... Log your food!! Btw I am still pre op, you don't have to wait until after your surgery to start. I'm not saying you have to log while you eat like me (because I love to log) you can still enjoy your food, log everything at the end of the day if you cAn remember and it works for you. However you do it, log it, you will see results.

AMEN!!! I couldn't agree with you more!!

[iamsoworthit 430]

I totally agree!! I love seeing patterns and having facts instead of anecdotal evidence to point to. I have been logging using MFP since 2008 when I got my band. Since being converted to rny it has become the most powerful tool in my arsenal. Weeks I don't want to meal plan, I go to MFP and pull a report of a 'good week'.