thoughts on macro distrubution?

NuggetLovesEdie

Hi All,

I have my menu more or less planned out for the week. I cook on Sundays for the week, and don't mind eating the same thing all week.

Per usual, I'm having a little trouble meeting my macro distributions. My tendency is to be under on protein and carbs, and over on fat. This week is somewhat of an exception to other weeks because I'm up on protein.

Any thoughts about how to even things out a little more?

Friday January 29th, Tuesday Feb 2nd and Monday Feb 8th are pretty good example days of how things go when I'm on track. (It was kind of an off week altogether this last week.)

ilex70

Don't know if this is any help, but I have been trying to square mine up at the end of the day. I leave calories for then and my evening snack depends on what I have left when I get there.

So if I need protein, but not fat, then it is beef jerky and/or fat free Greek yogurt. Last night I had carbs and fat left, so I had popcorn and raw almonds.

Same struggle here with fat vs. protein/carbs. Switched to light string cheese and planning to get fat free coffee creamer next round, though I like the regular versions more.

nvmomketo

As long as you have no specific health needs or dietary goals, all you really need to do is meet your fat and protein minimums and then fill in the rest as you wish. There can be huge variations between people and their various diets. As long as you are below your daily caloric needs you will lose weight. If eating more fat helps that's fine, just make sure you eat your minimum protein too (~0.36 g protin per pound of body weight - more if you are active). There is no minimum daily intake for carbs.