Calories

[JennyNadine]

Hi just wanted to know how many calories are in each meal how do I find this out. Thank you.

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, Jenny. We don’t work with calories in this program, but rather with meeting your nutritional needs. I can give you the approximate macronutrient information for each of your meals, as follows:
Breakfast: 13-15 g protein, 45-50 g carbohydrate, 5-10 g fat
AM Snack: 10 g protein, 30 g carb, 5 g fat
Lunch: 21 g protein, 25 g carb, 15 g fat
PM Snack: 10 g protein, 15 g carb, 5 g fat
Dinner: 22 g protein, 35 g carb, 15 g fat
Eve Snack: 10 g protein, 15 g carb, 10 g fat
Total: 86-88 g protein, 165-170 g carb, 55-60 g fat

[JennyNadine]

Hi sorry I’m just trying to understand so how many grams in one carb. One protein and one fat

[pkkrlb]

For protein and carbs there are 4 calories per gram. For fat there are 9 calories per gram. Hope this helps.

[JennyNadine]

Hi pkkrlb thanks but what I wondered was when you go into the exchange mode for eg. 1 cup of whole cow organic milk = 1 carb and 1 pro How do you work this out.? What is 1 carbohydrate is this one gram so their for 4 calories and another 4 calories for the protein. So 8 calories altogether? Not sure if this is making any sense. Thanks

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, Jenny. No, the exchanges are not the total numbers. The translation is as follows:
1 carb exchange = 15 grams of carbohydrates + up to 3 grams of protein
1 protein exchange = 7 grams of protein + up to 5 grams of fat
1 fat exchange = 5 grams of fat
1 fruit exchange = 15 grams of carbohydrates
1 vegetable exchange = 5 grams of carbohydrates + up to 2 grams of protein
1 sweet exchange = up to 15 grams of carbohydrates + up to 5 grams of fat
1 free exchange = up to 5 grams of carbohydrates or up to 2 grams of protein or fat
Hope that clarifies things:)

[JennyNadine]

Hi thanks very much.

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