Macro diet

sdawg6197
sdawg6197 Posts: 1 Member
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Hi I’m Silvano
Is anyone on here doing the macro diet. I want to get started but it’s a bit challenging to understand out of the gate

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  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Weight loss is about consistently taking in fewer calories than your body burns each day. There's no need to make things complicated, unless maybe you like complicated.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/819055/setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets/p1
  • williethecheese44
    williethecheese44 Posts: 1 Member
    Are you talking about Keto?
  • Fatty_Nuff
    Fatty_Nuff Posts: 273 Member
    sdawg6197 wrote: »
    Hi I’m Silvano
    Is anyone on here doing the macro diet. I want to get started but it’s a bit challenging to understand out of the gate

    Macros are high in carbs so I avoid them. Also spaghetti.
  • mypointhome
    mypointhome Posts: 12 Member
    edited February 2019
    sdawg6197, I just started myfitnesspal this past month and have been working on a Macro diet too. I have done a body type assessment and it recommended what my ratio of macro, carbs and proteins should be each day. Currently I am on 25% carbs, 45% fat and 30% protein. I've lost about 8 lbs. in 2 weeks. I have a hard time eating all my calories (1,500).
  • SouthernGal89
    SouthernGal89 Posts: 8 Member
    sdawg6197 wrote: »
    Hi I’m Silvano
    Is anyone on here doing the macro diet. I want to get started but it’s a bit challenging to understand out of the gate

    I have been macros dieting since 1/28/20. I'm on the cut and I've lost 10 pounds in 8 weeks. I'm using Michael Matthews "Thinner, Leaner, Stronger" along with his website (Legionathletics.com) to assist. This has been by far the easiest diet I've ever been on, and Mike walks you through how to figure your BMR, TDEE and your macros percentages. No foods or food groups are off limits.

    Mike has a book for men as well ("Bigger, Leaner, Stronger" available on Amazon). I'm on a 40-40-20 split (pro/carb/fat). 135/135/30.

    Pros: Eat whatever you want, no foods off limits. Massive Flexibility. If done correctly, this diet SHOULD put your lipid panel back into check (mine has always been over 200, but on this I'm at 185 for the first time in my life). Steak, Chicken, Pork, cheese, ice cream...you name it. You can have it. You'll likely never be hungry.

    Cons: To stick to this you need to be organized, use an app, and planning is an absolute necessity. It's pricey to eat well (that theory about buying the outer circle of the grocery store is true). At times, during the beginning, I had to eat SO much it completely shocked me. Some "guessing" on eating out might be required. Plan ahead--I've eaten out three times since starting and it hasn't slowed my progress--you just have to plan ahead and pick your meal carefully.

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