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I just read people don't need to stress abut macros?
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yopeeps025 wrote: »
No, thats not what I was saying. What I meant was when I started, I went down the route of eating fruit, veg and lean proteins but not tracking. I hit a wall and fat loss basically stopped, and someone said to me work out your calories, I was having around 1400/1500cals a day. Which is extremely low for a 230 plus pound man.
I worked my calories back up and got my calories up to 2900 and slowly progressively started to lose fat. As my body weight dropped I then started chipping away at my macros to lower my intake. I don't see anything unhealthy with that.0 -
I stopped stressing over macros. I cannot eat to numbers.
I am half-heartedly increasing protein, so I look at it on a weekly basis.
I'm looking at micros weekly, too, trying to improve my diet.0 -
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A lot of people just count calories. I was generally aware of my macros and used them as a guide to balance out my diet...but I really didn't give a *kitten* about being bang on...I think people worry about a lot of nonsense for no good reason.
I don't track anymore, so I have no idea what my macro ratios are...nor do I really give a feck. I'm fit, strong, and healthy and eat a well balanced and highly nutritious diet..so meh.0 -
Yup. I log my food to keep track of the calories. I glance at the other stuff now and then, but don't worry about any of that stuff. Just the calories.
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No, thats not what I was saying. What I meant was when I started, I went down the route of eating fruit, veg and lean proteins but not tracking. I hit a wall and fat loss basically stopped, and someone said to me work out your calories, I was having around 1400/1500cals a day. Which is extremely low for a 230 plus pound man.
I worked my calories back up and got my calories up to 2900 and slowly progressively started to lose fat. As my body weight dropped I then started chipping away at my macros to lower my intake. I don't see anything unhealthy with that.
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LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »If that actually happened, and you can show it actually happens with your body, you could be collecting a Nobel prize.
Where can I collect that prize?0
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