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carb or not to carb

JessCowles
JessCowles Posts: 11
edited January 25 in Health and Weight Loss
Should I be watching how many carbs I eat? Should I be following exactly what the calorie count says? What is the best way to lose weight? What has worked for you?

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  • Troublemonster
    Troublemonster Posts: 223 Member
    I went from 250-ish to 198 and am now back up to 203 on purpose. I am 6'3" and have visible abs and I am getting leaner and leaner and eat more than 300g of carbs per day.

    I prioritize my macro nutrients as follows:
    1. Protein
    2. Fats
    3. carbs

    I treat carbs as a filler after I calculate the amounts of proteins and fats that I want I let the rest come through in carbs. I am not often short on energy and I don't feel like I'm starving.

    At no point during my 50 pounds weight loss did I go low carb.

    Also, many people will say(myself included) will say that the recommended levels of protein from MFP are silly low and you're better off doing some research online and finding a level of Protein and fats that works for you. Bodybuilding.com has a lot of cool calculator toys you can use then bring it to MFP and do a custom macro setup under the goals tab and do as you please.
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