Nutrient ratios
I've done the writing stuff down/checking calories (or points) thing before. I thought that keeping track of stuff in FitDay would be much the same. Except, of course, FD has the nutrients for all of these foods listed there too, complete with charming little pie graphs of your Carb/Fat/Protein ratios.
And: bwuh. WOW. I am amazed.
I would have bet money that I would be 50% or even 60% Carb in my food choices, because I like sugary things so much. And I'm actually finding I'm 40+% fat, 30% carb, and it's a struggle to get my protein up to 30%. I'm going to be drinking protein shakes 24/7 to get enough protein!
I'm not exactly sure how these ratios are affecting my weight/health -- trying to eat this much protein deliberately is a new thing for me entirely. But I really was stunned at how little I understood what I was eating!
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