Your Stats and Macros

ddkphotos

Hi there! I was wondering what other people were doing (and I know everyone is different that's why the first couple of questions...)

I was wondering what everyone else is setting as their macro goals.
If you could please post the following I would be grateful!

Age
Male/Female
Height
Starting Weight
Current Weight
Goal Weight

Daily goals:
Calories
Carbs
Fat
Protein
Sodium
Fiber
(what else do you track?)
water
how do you track exercise? (fitbit, heart rate monitor, MFP amounts)
do you eat back your exercise calories?

Here are mine:

Age: 49.5
Female
Height: 5'9"
Starting Weight: 225
Current Weight: 180
Goal Weight: 165

Daily goals:
Calories 1700
Carbs 149
Fat 66
Protein 128
Sodium 1,800
Fiber 45
water 10-12 cups

MFP amounts for calories burned usually (or I've guestimated my own with my heart rate monitor)
I usually do eat back exercise calories.

Thanks in advance!

girlviernes

Age 35
Female
5'6"
Starting Weight: 256
Current Weight: 206
Goal Weight: not sure, between 135 and 155 I think.

Daily goals:
Calories 1800
Carbs <30g from starchy/sugary sources per meal, generally I am under 150g net
Fat no goal
Protein 120g+
Sodium <2300
Fiber >25
Don't track anything else
water - don't track, but I usually drink a ton of water, probably 100oz+ per day.
how do you track exercise? (fitbit, heart rate monitor, MFP amounts) I just use MFP's amount. I try to limit myself to eating back half of the burn if any. I used to use a vivofit, but it fell of my wrist. I want to get one of the trackers but need to budget it. I also am not sure it's really worth while. I don't really do steady state cardio, so the burns will never be particularly accurate.
do you eat back your exercise calories? yes, but try for less than half.

LolBroScience

Age 27
Male
5'10"
Starting Weight: 167 lbs (November 2014)
Current Weight: 199 lbs
Goal Weight: N/A

Daily goals:
Calories: 3668 cals
Carbs: 515g
Protein: 195g
Fat: 92g
Sodium: w/e
Potassium: Higher than sodium in general
Fiber: 3g5+

How do you track exercise? I don't track exercise, I track progression via excel.
Do you eat back your exercise calories? No.

malibu927

Age 33
Female
Height 5'6"
Starting Weight 248
Current Weight 193.3
Goal Weight between 130-145, depending on how I feel

Daily goals:
Calories 2012
Carbs 252
Fat 67
Protein 101
Sodium don't track as I'm always over
Fiber 25
(what else do you track?) nothing else
water don't track and don't drink enough anyway (usually 4-6 cups)
how do you track exercise? (fitbit, heart rate monitor, MFP amounts) Fitbit and HRM
do you eat back your exercise calories? no, as I'm following TDEE method

mbcieslak87

27
Female
5'6"
SW - 148.0 - 1/4/15 ( I have been on here forever but that was my highest recently, after the holidays)
CW - 142.9 - 1/27/15
GW - don't really have one - just wanting to be healthy and tone - I guess pie in the sky number would be between 125-135 - but really just want to look good and feel good and have been really happy with myself at these weights in the past, however if I were to lose fat and stay the same weight, and just lose a few inches here and there, I could probably be happy here too.

Daily goals:
Calories - 1544 on weekdays, 1995 on weekends
Carbs - whatever is left after protein, fat, (and alcohol on weekends) - usually 154 during the week
Fat - 51
Protein - 116
Sodium - I don't track because I'm not hypertensive
Fiber - 25 or more
(what else do you track?)
I track sugar - 50 grams
water - I don't track water cause I drink it constantly, along with coffee, and tea and the occasional diet soda
how do you track exercise? I don't track exercise, except for the length of time I spent doing each individual exercise (ie 40 minutes running at 6.3, 20 mins walking at 3.5, 20 mins lifting weights... stuff like that)
do you eat back your exercise calories? - I have done this in the past with a lot of success (ate back approximately 75%) but found it mind-numbing and tedious and always gained the weight right back the moment I stopped tracking every bite. Have switched to TDEE-20% during the week and TDEE on the weekends because, at least for now, it seems more sustainable. However I will admit this is a new way of thinking for me and has taken some getting used to!

Cheers and good luck to all!

mbcieslak87

LolBroScience wrote: »

Age 27
Male
5'10"
Starting Weight: 167 lbs (November 2014)
Current Weight: 199 lbs
Goal Weight: N/A

Daily goals:
Calories: 3668 cals
Carbs: 515g
Protein: 195g
Fat: 92g
Sodium: w/e
Potassium: Higher than sodium in general
Fiber: 3g5+

How do you track exercise? I don't track exercise, I track progression via excel.
Do you eat back your exercise calories? No.

I'm drooling over your carbs!

lemurcat12

Age: 45
Female
Height: 5'3
Starting Weight: 220
Current Weight: 125.7
Goal Weight: about 120

Daily goals:
Calories: 1650 (planning to move up to 1700 soon)
Carbs: 144
Fat: 64
Protein: 124
Sodium: don't track
Fiber: 25 (default), but I'm usually well over
I don't really track anything else, although I occasionally look at my potassium, iron, and calcium to make sure they look okay and sugar out of curiosity. I treat sodium like potassium, etc., but most of the sodium I get is from salt I add myself when cooking and don't log (I home cook most of my foods) or from local restaurants that don't have nutrition information, so it would be off anyway.

Water: I sometimes track this, sometimes don't--I know I get plenty so don't worry about it, but sometimes I make an effort to drink more water to cut down on coffee/tea which I tend to overindulge in.

How do you track exercise? (fitbit, heart rate monitor, MFP amounts): I have a Fitbit, and log exercise on MFP (1 calorie) and also have a separate training schedule, but I do not track exercise calories. I use the TDEE method.

Do you eat back your exercise calories? No. I used to when I used MFP to set my calorie goal, but now I use the TDEE method. (The only thing I don't like about this is that MFP thinks I'm eating at maintenance and that whenever I go over I will gain in 5 weeks, which I ignore but still, sigh.)

Arliah

Age: 34
Female
5'3"
Starting Weight: 187 lbs (April 2014)
Current Weight: 153
Goal Weight: 120

Daily Goals
Calories: 1200
Carbs: 135g (45%)
Fat: 33g (25%)
Protein: 90g (30%)
Sugar: 46g
Fiber: 25g

What I don't track:
Sodium/Cholesterol: I am always way below the daily recommended amount
Water: I drink water and tea all day long

Tracking: Up24. I don't log exercises separately.
Do you eat back your exercise calories: No

Mycophilia

Age: 23
Male/Female: Male
Height: 185cm
Starting Weight: 121kg
Current Weight: 113kg
Goal Weight: 75-80kg

Daily goals:
Calories: 1720
Carbs: 129g
Fat: 57g
Protein: 172g
Sodium: Don't track
Fiber: Don't track
(what else do you track?)
Nothing
how do you track exercise? For cardio I'm currently doing the C25K program. For lifting I write sets, reps etc down on paper.
do you eat back your exercise calories? No

ddkphotos

thank you all for your responses!

ddkphotos

anyone else want to pitch in?

jemhh

38 yo
Female
5'6"
202.5 lbs.
152 lbs.
138-142 lbs.Height


Daily goals:
Calories: 1700 4x/wk, 2100 3x/wk, average 1871/day
Protein: 120g+/day
Fat: 60g+/day
I don't really focus on anything else, macro- or micronutrient-wise

Water: I don't track it but I drink 128 oz.+/day

I use TDEE and don't really try to track exercise calorie by calorie. I have my base set in MFP and then add in whatever gets me to my 1700/2100 goal each day. So right now MFP has me set at 1490. It's a strength training day, which means I'll eat 2100 calories, so I added strength training for 610 calories in the exercise section.

allie_00p

Age: 26
Female
Height: 5'6"
Starting Weight: 142 (when starting MFP, highest before then was 182
Current Weight: 129
Goal Weight: was 130 - now focusing on lowering BF% then on to build moar muscles

Daily goals:
Calories: 1,600 - but I allow myself 100-200 extra cals (of carbs) on lifting days as needed
Carbs: 160
Fat: 55
Protein: 120
Sodium: don't really track
Fiber: 25-30g
(what else do you track?)
water: minimum 3 liters/day, but I don't track it on here
how do you track exercise? (fitbit, heart rate monitor, MFP amounts) I use an app called Jefit to track and organize my lifting routines
do you eat back your exercise calories?
I use TDEE, but still track for accountability, so I track all my workouts as 1 calorie

Phoenix_Down

Age 26
Female
Height 5'3.5 "
Starting Weight. 170 lbs
Current Weight 120 lbs
Goal Weight don't have one

Daily goals:
Calories 1900 (to maintain)
Carbs. I dunno wherever
Fat at least 50g
Protein 100g minimum
Sodium don't track it
Fiber 25g minimum

I'm not currently exercising due to injury but I use the TDEE method based on my own personal data on what I know I can maintain, lose, gain on.

evarga12

Age: 23
Male
Height 5'6
Starting Weight:170.3 lbs (Dec. 12, 2014 )
Current Weight:between 161.8lbs & 162.4lbs (Jan. 29, 2015)
Goal Weight: Not sure yet. I want to see how lean I can get.

Goal: Fat Loss
Calories : 1,965 on Lifting days & 1,805 on non lifting days
Carbs: 175 on lifting days & 135 on non lifting days
Fat: 65
Protein: 170
Fiber : I try to shoot for anywhere between 25-40 ish.
Water - I should drink more but it's probably 2-3 16.9 Fl oz a day + 2 or so Diet no calorie green tea from costco.

I have never came around to eating back calories. I feel more comfortable working with my TDEE & reducing it by 15% or so. I am currently loosing roughly .5-.7 of weight per week.

How does everyone monitor their weight progression?

I weigh myself every morning and keep track of my weight on excel. At the end of the week I sum all 7 days and divide that amount by 7. This gives me my average weight per week. Then I would typically get the difference from the prior and current weeks' average weight, giving me the amount loss since last weigh in.

ddkphotos

Thanks so much !!

PeachyCarol

Age: 52
Male/Female: Female
Height: 5' 1.5"
Starting Weight: 210
Current Weight: 191.4
Goal Weight: 130

Daily goals:
Calories: 1280
Carbs: 128
Fat: 43
Protein: 96
Sodium: don't track
Fiber: 50
(what else do you track?)
water:8-10 12oz glasses
how do you track exercise? (fitbit, heart rate monitor, MFP amounts) gym machines verified with shapesense calculators
do you eat back your exercise calories? no

MoiAussi93

Age- 44
Male/Female - female
Height - 5'10"
Starting Weight -267
Current Weight - 180
Goal Weight - 140-160 will see how I look when I get in that range

Daily goals:
Calories- 1300
Carbs - 81
Fat - 65
Protein - 98 (minimum...I try to get more)
Sodium don't really track
Fiber - 35 but usually closer to 25 so I take psyllium husk daily
(what else do you track?) - sugar target 40 max
water - about 160 ounces / day
how do you track exercise? runkeeper when I run, I don't track weight training (body weight exercises) because the calories aren't that significant.
do you eat back your exercise calories? no. If I am hungry on a given day I eat more, but I never deliberately eat back exercise calories. I feel it defeats the purpose unless I do an extraordinary amount of exercise, and I'm not running any marathons!