Can You Please Check My Diary/Macros?

She_Hulk

Hi guys! I'm sort of new to this maintenance part and was wondering if I (finally!) have my calories/macros set right. I believe my LBM is 93lbs, according to Fitness Frog's calculator. So I set my protein grams to that. It's around 25%. I know I need to be closer to 93 grams but 20% would put me around 85g in protein and I'd rather shoot higher. I don't know why. Anyhow, I have my fat set at 57g or 30%. The rest is carbs. Does this look right to start with? I use the TDEE method and work out 5-6 days a week. Okay, mostly 6. I am a bit afraid to go any higher in calories right now. I can always up them alter if I have to. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! :flowerforyou:

The_Enginerd

You look good on macros, that is pretty close to what I am doing.

Looking quickly at your diary, I think you will find you end up needing to eat more calories to maintain given your activity level.

I notice you are tracking sugar and saw you had a question earlier on going over on sugar. Unless you have a medical reason to track sugar (e.g. diabetic), you can ignore it. MFP counts ALL sugar, but the sugar limit is based on recommendations for ADDED sugar. I don't even bother tracking it in my diary.

TavistockToad

i looked at a few days and you are 2-300 cals under every day? fine if you then have high days at the weekend (i try to be under by 100 per day during the week as i often eat out at weekends) but you need to be hitting your weekly goal, otherwise you are still in a deficit.

also, 1700 cals when you workiut 6 x per week seems a little low for maintenance in general, unless you are very small?

She_Hulk

Thank you both for replying to my post. I'm pretty sedentary other than working out. My cardio is only 30 minutes (6 days a week) which some may consider light, moderate at best. Stair master on fat mode or treadmill on incline. I lift 4 times a week and do yoga 2 times a week. So, I'm afraid to put my activity level too high and my calories too high. I'm thinking 1795 would be perfect but it's scary going from 1200 and eating back exercise cals to 1795 or more. I hear what you both are saying about not meeting my calories. I did have a wake-up call at the gym last Saturday from not fueling my body enough and I could've gotten hurt. My cals were set at 1500 last week-way too low-and I did change them. I now know that I need to properly fuel my body in order to strengthen it. So....I will try MUCH harder to meet my daily calories.
At least the proteins/fats/carbs ratios look about right. I was doing low carbs so the new ratios are another big change for me. I wanted opinions to make sure those looked about right. I'm going to play around with the calories. I'll start with 1750 (try to meet it) and see after 2 weeks. Thanks so much again. You both really helped me!

She_Hulk

Rallyengr, thank you for your input on my sugar question. I changed my settings and put 40g per day but I won't stress if I go over with sugars like fruit or honey. I have no medical issues except for Hypothyroidism, but my dad is border-line diabetic. So, I'm not too sure if this is something I need to be watching closely or not. Thanks for the tip though! I do love fruit!

WendyGr8

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have read all sorts of threads concerning the sugar question & this is the first time I have seen it explained that the limit is for added sugar. That makes so much sense. Too bad mfp cant separate the 2 out, but really I'm sure I can!