To change your program, you'd have to click Change Diet Goals and manually change these goals. The meal plans would not change, however. They are just driven off of calories, and use the 55% carbs/30% fat/15% protein recommendations of the American Heart Association.
With my reply here, I just wanted to show you (and everyone) the math to figure out the carb/fat/protein breakdown....SparkPeople does not endorse or recommend lower-carb diets. However, we realize some people want to use them, and they can use our software to keep track of their goals. Truthfully, I feel that just tracking your food to watch your calories is the best way to help you eat right to lose weight.
CHASANOVA 1/14/05 1:11 P
would there be a way to adjust those percentages and have the goal adjust accordingly, so that that still sum up to the total calorie goal. e.g. I want a less than 1500 cal and les than 80 g carb diet So I would want to do something like 22% carbs 44% Fat 34% Protien and have the goals adjust automagically? Would then the suggested meal plan be able to adjust to reflect this diet?
REBCCA 11/15/04 12:37 P
Dave,
That is absolutely every answer needed and beyond expectations. Thank you so much, this will allow me to be very clear about my goals. As always SparkPeople surpasses expectations.
Rebecca
DJHEILMANN 11/15/04 11:32 A
Hello
We usually give fat, carb, and protein recommendations as a percentage of calories. Our recommendation is to get 55% of your calories from carbs, 15% from protein, and 30% from fat. Here's how we do the calculations:
- With carbs and protein, there are 4 calories in each gram. With fat, there are 9 calories in each gram. - Here are calculations for carb/protein, fat recommendations for a 1,350 calorie diet: - Carbs would be (1350x55%)/4, which equals 186 grams - protein would be (1350x15%)/4, which equals 51 grams - Fat would be (1350x30%)/9, which equals 45 grams
I hope this helps!
REBCCA 11/15/04 11:11 A
After almost 2 years of tracking my calories I find I not only don't lose weight but actually gain weight if I eat more than 1350 calories per day. I found how to edit my calorie range but would so appreciate knowing how this effects the ranges for fat, carbs, fiber, sodium, and calcium. Knowing what the percentages for these nutrients is what I need to know to calculate my specfic ranges. It is likely somewhere in the Resource Center so I guess this is a question of "where do I look?"
Rebecca
