Below my calorie goals but above my carb intake...
raven56706
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So im trying to get my macros correct and stay within the bounds but its hard with the carb part. Im still below my calorie intake but sometimes above my carb intake.
Should i care so much since my calorie is below the goal?
Should i care so much since my calorie is below the goal?
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Unless you doctor has given you a carb maximum to stay under, don't worry about it. Did you customize your macros or are you using the MFP default? If using the default, I would ask yourself: 1) do you feel hungry? and 2) do you have enough energy to do what you want to during the day? If you answered "no" to the first and "yes" to the second, you may be a person who does best with a higher number of carbs than the average.
Second thing, look at your diary and see where the carbs are coming from. Is there something you can substitute for a high carb food? Can you reduce the amount of bread in your sandwich and raise the amount of meat? Can you get smaller potatoes?0 -
My counter question would be, is going over in carbs causing you to go too low in protein and/or fat?
If those are still in the ballpark of your goal and you are not having any issues with recovery or any other health issues, then would not stress over it.0 -
My counter question would be, is going over in carbs causing you to go too low in protein and/or fat?
If those are still in the ballpark of your goal and you are not having any issues with recovery or any other health issues, then would not stress over it.
This is a good point. I usually try to hit my protein macro within my calorie goals, and don't worry too much about carbs and fats. They usually, however, get pretty close.0 -
if you take a look at my diary, im trying to stay within but i put in my own macros for it via TDEE.
its just i hate when my carb goes over.0 -
raven56706 wrote: »if you take a look at my diary, im trying to stay within but i put in my own macros for it via TDEE.
its just i hate when my carb goes over.
If you feel good. Don't worry about it, especially if it doesn't happen every day.0 -
raven56706 wrote: »if you take a look at my diary, im trying to stay within but i put in my own macros for it via TDEE.
its just i hate when my carb goes over.
Hard to know without knowing your current weight. Looks like you are averaging around 140 grams a day when logging, so if you are lifting and your weight is around 170-190lbs 'ish, then you are fine. If you weigh more, then I might would try to be a little more mindful of meeting or coming a little closer to your current goal of 160 grams, but this is just minor tweaking.0 -
Barring some potential medical problem, going over on carbs doesn't matter as long as you are within calorie goal.
As the above posters pointed out, I pay more attention to protein and fat, carbs are the filler. As long as I'm withing a chosen percentage of protein and fat, I'll eat as many carbs as I want because I, personally, find them very satisfying. As long as I'm within calorie goal and relatively close to protein and fat goals, I could care less.0 -
Would actually question why you feel you need a maximum goal for carbs at all. Do you have a medical condition?
Far more flexible to have protein and fat as minimum goals and let carbs fall wherever they fall as long as you don't bust your calorie goal and have an all round nutritious diet.
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Looking at your diary, IMO, your protein looks a little un-necessarily high. Nothing wrong with the higher protein, but you could lower it and raise your carbs.0
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i was going via TDEE as 40 40 20 i believe when i set it.
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What's your height and weight?raven56706 wrote: »i was going via TDEE as 40 40 20 i believe when i set it.
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height is 5'7 and 198lbs
What's your height and weight?raven56706 wrote: »i was going via TDEE as 40 40 20 i believe when i set it.
height is 5'7 and 198lbs0 -
Sorry forgot to ask, goal weight as well...raven56706 wrote: »height is 5'7 and 198lbs
What's your height and weight?raven56706 wrote: »i was going via TDEE as 40 40 20 i believe when i set it.
height is 5'7 and 198lbs
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170lbs0
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also im working out lifting weight, 4 days a week. Cant do cardio until my sprained ankle fully heals0
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Judging from your stats, if it were me, I would bump up my calories to 2000 per day, shoot for about 125 grams of protein per day, keep fat the same and fill in the rest with carbs. Just my opinion so take it with a grain...0
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I just looked on you diary for the last two weeks and you went over on your carbs two days. There were some days not logged though. If you prefer higher carbs I think you should tweak your macros a bit and lower fat and increase carbs. I think your protein looks fine but 80g of fats is unnecessarily high and if you're working out those carbs will help fuel your workouts (I usually put my carbs around my workouts to give me energy). Also, remember that hitting your macros perfectly every day right to the gram is likely not going to happen. I consider my macros hit if I'm +/- 10g on carbs and proteins and +/- 5g on fats.0
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and the funny thing is , i had a problem getting in my protein. Now people are telling me to lower my protein when i finally could get it to 150.. man i will never win hahaha
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You are 100% fine. Protein is adequate. Fats are adequate. IMO of course. Ideally, I'd probably want more protein... But I think there is some leeway.0
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They are fine. You probably could up your calories a bit but I don't see any issues to be concerned about.0
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I would make the adjustment to make your diet a little more sustainable for you. 125 grams of protein IMO is enough and I think bumping up your calories a bit would give you a little more leeway. That said, there is absolutely nothing wrong with what you have going on right now...raven56706 wrote: »0 -
Focus on the fats and the protein.
Carbs can go under or over. They do not matter that much.0 -
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i go over on carbs and waay over on fat lol. I make sure i hit my protein.. in lifting while in deficit and want to do all i can to conserve muscle. I only have about 20 to lose but my bf% is higher... anway.. i meet my protein and dont care really about the other 2.0
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raven56706 wrote: »
Me too. Not saying he is wrong, but raising calories will cause slower weight loss, so if you are losing at an appropriate rate (I know this was not asked... and assuming you are losing between 1-2lbs a week on average for your current weight), this this would only slow things down. You can have the perfect ratio of macronutrients for you, but at the of the day, you are still 100% bound by calories in vs calories out.
OP, based on your current weight, I think you are fine and don't need to stress over the details right now. When you start getting leaner, then you will want to slow things down weightloss-wise and by that time, you will have more time seeing how your body reacts with small tweaks in macros as time goes by, but it does not have to be perfect this early on. 'Just be in the ballpark and play ball.'0 -
raven56706 wrote: »
Me too. Not saying he is wrong, but raising calories will cause slower weight loss, so if you are losing at an appropriate rate (I know this was not asked... and assuming you are losing between 1-2lbs a week on average for your current weight), this this would only slow things down. You can have the perfect ratio of macronutrients for you, but at the of the day, you are still 100% bound by calories in vs calories out.
OP, based on your current weight, I think you are fine and don't need to stress over the details right now. When you start getting leaner, then you will want to slow things down weightloss-wise and by that time, you will have more time seeing how your body reacts with small tweaks in macros as time goes by, but it does not have to be perfect this early on. 'Just be in the ballpark and play ball.'
As I said before...
I would make the adjustment to make your diet a little more sustainable for you. 125 grams of protein IMO is enough and I think bumping up your calories a bit would give you a little more leeway. That said, there is absolutely nothing wrong with what you have going on right now...0 -
raven56706 wrote: »
Me too. Not saying he is wrong, but raising calories will cause slower weight loss, so if you are losing at an appropriate rate (I know this was not asked... and assuming you are losing between 1-2lbs a week on average for your current weight), this this would only slow things down. You can have the perfect ratio of macronutrients for you, but at the of the day, you are still 100% bound by calories in vs calories out.
OP, based on your current weight, I think you are fine and don't need to stress over the details right now. When you start getting leaner, then you will want to slow things down weightloss-wise and by that time, you will have more time seeing how your body reacts with small tweaks in macros as time goes by, but it does not have to be perfect this early on. 'Just be in the ballpark and play ball.'
As I said before...
I would make the adjustment to make your diet a little more sustainable for you. 125 grams of protein IMO is enough and I think bumping up your calories a bit would give you a little more leeway. That said, there is absolutely nothing wrong with what you have going on right now...
And I am not questioning the macro tweaking if the OP feels he can adhere better to said diet, my question was more related to an arbitrary increase in calories that will cause weight reduction slowdown since we don't know the rate of OP's current weightloss at his current intake and activity level. Again, not saying you are wrong as maybe this is needed, just saying without more info, it's a questionable piece of advise to offer.0 -
Your diary looks fine, don't worry about it.0
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