Macros — HELP

mrszig81

Recently was on a keto diet for approximately two months , I did lose 17 lbs but I am trying to experiment with my body and I’m weight lifting 4 days a week plus a good cardio day or two. My ultimate goal is to be fit , and healthy , I want to be in single digits in pants sizes and mediums in shirts . If can accomplish this at 170 lbs wonderful , the number on the scale doesn’t change anything if I am happy and hit one of the other goals. I’m currently 29 f, 5’6” 201.8 lb moderately active . I have used several macro calculators and get diff numbers and i want the best ones!! So any macro gurus out there willing to help a girl out with some weight loss macros ??

AnvilHead

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/819055/setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets/p1

kommodevaran

I think everything will be easier if you lose the idea of weight loss macros - you lose weight by eating fewer calories. Any macro split that allows you to do that - happily - for a long, long time, is the best.

Sharon_C

You would need to figure out your weight loss calories then split your macros accordingly. I do a 30/30/40 split. 30% protein, 30% fat, 40% carbs. But really, you'll just have to go by trial and error to find what's best for you.

jjpptt2

There is no best one. Macros should be set with goals and personal preferences in mind, and should generally be viewed as a range, not as a set/specific number.

Your goals are pretty standard, so no reason to do anything extreme like low fat or low carb or whatever else, unless that just happens to be the way you prefer to eat. I'd start with a fairly balanced split and see how you do.

jessef593

Lose weight through calories

The pyramid goes

Calories at the bottom, macro nutrients in the middle, then micro nutrients at the top.

Start at the bottom and work your way up.

I thought you were a die hard ketoer?

100_PROOF_

There's no such thing as weight loss macros.

Weight loss comes from creating a calorie deficit.


I could eat 2000 calories of cake per day and still lose weight as long as I was creating a calorie deficit.


Just because someone does keto does not mean they will automatically lose weight.( After the initial water weight) a calorie deficit is still needed for weight loss.

Keto is not some magical weight loss solution. It's just a tool that some people use to create a calorie deficit or for medical conditions. There's some people that will tell you that keto is some weight loss miracle and that it cures every ailment , I'd be very careful not to listen to Those people

ceolyn

I have the default macros set, but I mostly ignore them

I usually end up at or just over my protein goal, over on fat, and under on carbs. Calorie wise, I try to land within 100 calories of my daily goal, and that seems to be working. My fat often comes in high because I have an unquenchable love affair with avocados, sunflower seeds, and salmon.

I've been pretty consistently losing between 1-2 pounds a week.

Focus on calories