50 carbs 20 protein 30 fat

Love4fitnessandhealth5789

How will eating more carbs help me lose weight

malibu927

Because the calories are what matters to weight loss, not carbs

deannalfisher

Because carbs are life!

My daily carb intake is between 45-55% and I'm down 11lbs (and take in close to 300g of carbs a day)

cwolfman13

Love4fitnessandhealth5789 wrote: »

How will eating more carbs help me lose weight

carbs having nothing to do with weight management.

ETA: those are just the default macro settings...you can customize them however you like.

psuLemon

Well those are percentage and they may or may not be appropriate based on your goals and how aggressive you are with your calorie deficit. I tend to favor increased protein and carbs during weight loss as they satiate me the most. I actually cycle with high carb/low carb days, but those low carb days are a struggle... soo little volume.


But like others said, calories > macros.

CasperNaegle

1 gram of carbs = 4 calories, 1 gram of protein = 4 calories, 1 gram of fat = 9 calories. It all boils down to eating less calories than you burn. In relation to weight loss it makes no difference how you put these together.

Meelisv

Distribution of macros is quite individual. I have found that for me, MFP default has bit too low protein amount to avoid muscle mass loss while losing weight, so i have adjusted mine to 40/40/20 (though i don't follow it 100% strictly every single day).

CasperNaegle

I agree you can do things by having certain percentages, but in regards to weight loss it really makes no difference. I maintain a much higher protein percentage as well.

green_owl

You just have to experiment what works the best for you. Try different percentages and see how you feel. I felt hungry all the time with that much carbs so I adjusted my settings to C 30 P 35 F 35 Feels great! But that's very individual

pcsutton8768

For weight loss...Carbs are da debil. Look into a Ketogenic diet. You want about 80% fat, 15% protein, and 5% carbs. This will get your body into ketosis and change your metabolism over from burning the sugars created by carb intake - to burning your body's fat stores.

Just Google 'Keto' and do a little reading.

Good luck!

cerise_noir

pcsutton8768 wrote: »

For weight loss...Carbs are da debil. Look into a Ketogenic diet. You want about 80% fat, 15% protein, and 5% carbs. This will get your body into ketosis and change your metabolism over from burning the sugars created by carb intake - to burning your body's fat stores.

Just Google 'Keto' and do a little reading.

Good luck!

"For weight loss carbs are da debil"
:laugh:
Suuuuuure.

For me, high fats are the 'debil'... my digestive system HATES anything over 40% fats.

psuLemon

pcsutton8768 wrote: »

For weight loss...Carbs are da debil. Look into a Ketogenic diet. You want about 80% fat, 15% protein, and 5% carbs. This will get your body into ketosis and change your metabolism over from burning the sugars created by carb intake - to burning your body's fat stores.

Just Google 'Keto' and do a little reading.

Good luck!

Wow, I guess i didn't lose 50lbs while eating 250-360g of carbs a day.

The bold is a typical ketogenic spin. You are talking about substrate utilization.. the difference between utilizing sugar/glucose as a primary source of fuel or fat. Yes, when you switch to ketogenic, you burn more fat... But it's not body fat... it's stored fat. Eat more fat, store more fat, burn more fat... Eat more carbs, store more carbs, burn for carbs. Net body fat loss is driven off of energy balance.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10436946/are-all-calories-equal-part-2-kevins-halls-new-study#latest

Hornsby

psuLemon wrote: »

pcsutton8768 wrote: »

For weight loss...Carbs are da debil. Look into a Ketogenic diet. You want about 80% fat, 15% protein, and 5% carbs. This will get your body into ketosis and change your metabolism over from burning the sugars created by carb intake - to burning your body's fat stores.

Just Google 'Keto' and do a little reading.

Good luck!

Wow, I guess i didn't lose 50lbs while eating 250-360g of carbs a day.

The bold is a typical ketogenic spin. You are talking about substrate utilization.. the difference between utilizing sugar/glucose as a primary source of fuel or fat. Yes, when you switch to ketogenic, you burn more fat... But it's not body fat... it's stored fat. Eat more fat, store more fat, burn more fat... Eat more carbs, store more carbs, burn for carbs. Net body fat loss is driven off of energy balance.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10436946/are-all-calories-equal-part-2-kevins-halls-new-study#latest

He's right ya know ^