The next step........... Macros and a few questions

taidasrictar

I have been logging my food for a few months and have done pretty well losing the advertized 2 lbs a week and have not stalled with very few bad days, not many cheat days, or meals just been eating what ever I wanted to stay under my calorie limit. Really have not really concentrated on my macros at all just try to not go overboard on salt/sugar,get good fiber, and as much protein as I can. But as I slowly get closer to my goal I know I need to start to work on my macros. Even though I am still losing weight eating as I am I know it will get harder and as I get lower and have less margin for error.

Before I had MFP set at 60 carb/20 fat/20 protein since I started actively logging on MFP, but I usually go over on carbs. Did not care as much, as I said before I was not super concentrated on my macros. Now I have set it for what seem to be a common one of 40/30/30 because it seems like a good place to start

my questions are:
should I use net carbs? I try to aim for at lest 38g of fiber a day and that takes a huge chunk of my carbs in general(that was the threshold of what WebMD set and have kept it )

how close do I need to be to the exact numbers is +/- 10 going to make a difference the 2 I don't care about going over on protein or fiber in fact I try to make those red all the time


My Diary is always open, I have the next few days tentatively planned. My last week was not normal was moving all of last week so it thew my food rhythm waaaay off. I am not close to a clean eater I eat a lot of fast food and some processed food but I have cut a lot of it out but I do the everything in moderation thing

Any advice is welcome on my next step

taidasrictar

bump for the daytime crowd

recoveryjunky

I've been wondering the same thing... Sorry I'm no help!

taidasrictar

bump to hopefully get some answers

glheureux56

I am diabetic so I count carbs real closely (except the last 4 weeks in which I was naughty). I count a carb as a carb. Sugar, fiber in my mind its still a carb. Had a little problem when they go too low (with my bowels). However, nbow I eat a protein granola bar for afternoon snack. That seems to help. I attempt to keep my carbs under 150 grams per day.