Calorie Calculator Misrepresenting Percentiles

Fat - 47.3% (191 grams)
Protein - 28.3% (257 grams)
Carbohydrates - 23.0% (209 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 1.5%

What is with the math? I can tell you 47% of my diet is not from fat. Im ingesting considerably more protein- even carbs! Anyone else experiencing this phenomena?

Thanks,

Jesse

yeah what's the deal?

It should read:

39% Protein

31% Carb

29% Fat

Original Post by jtvision:

Fat - 47.3% (191 grams)
Protein - 28.3% (257 grams)
Carbohydrates - 23.0% (209 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 1.5%

 

What is with the math? I can tell you 47% of my diet is not from fat. Im ingesting considerably more protein- even carbs! Anyone else experiencing this phenomena?

Thanks,

Jesse

Fat has 9 calories per gram, carbs and protein only 4.

So you ingested 1719 calories from fat, 1028 from protein and 836 from carbs.  So it looks like the percentages are just about right.

1 gram of fat actually contains 9 calories.  1 gram of protein or carbs has 4 calories.

Fat = 1719 calories
Protein = 1028 calories
Carbs = 836 calories

Take into account the 55 or so calories in "other" and you have 3638 total calories.  Divide each one by this total and you'll see the same %'s that the calculator shows.  It's actually a representation of % of calorie intake and not gram intake.

Are you thinking that the percentage is the quantity?  If so, I can understand your confusion.  It's the percentage of your calories you logged  that were from fat, not the amount of fat.

Thank you for clearing this up for me.