Macro check?

rosabella412
rosabella412 Posts: 6 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm an year old 18, 5' 4" female who weighs 155 lbs. Is 50-60 grams of carbs a day good with 67 grams of fat, and around 80 grams of protein?

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  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    edited March 2019
    Sure, that sounds fine, except the total calories seems low. Macros are really personal preference based on what foods fill you up and what you enjoy. The general recommendation I've seen here is to try to get at least 0.6-0.8g of protein per lb of goal body weight, and 0.3g fat per. But you're really trying to find the way of eating that makes it easiest for you to eat the right amount of cals comfortably.

    Considering your stats, you should be set to lose no more than 1 lb per week, and remember to log your exercise and eat back at least some (if not all) of those extra calories.
  • newmein2013
    newmein2013 Posts: 674 Member
    I missed the daily calories. What’s your calorie goal? Just curious, why are you going such low carb? I’m thinking you should increase your carbs & decrease your fat percentages.
  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    newmein2013 wrote: »
    I missed the daily calories. What’s your calorie goal? Just curious, why are you going such low carb? I’m thinking you should increase your carbs & decrease your fat percentages.

    The calorie goal is about 1100-1150 if you add up all her macros. That's too low, especially for someone so young.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,223 Member
    MikePTY wrote: »
    newmein2013 wrote: »
    I missed the daily calories. What’s your calorie goal? Just curious, why are you going such low carb? I’m thinking you should increase your carbs & decrease your fat percentages.

    The calorie goal is about 1100-1150 if you add up all her macros. That's too low, especially for someone so young.

    Yeah. I started here at about the same weight (154), only slightly taller (5'5"), and 59 years old, and 1200 was way too low for me (even when I ate back all of my exercise calories).

    But 67g of fats isn't crazy high, IMO. Low carb usually goes with higher fat and moderate protein.

    Personally, at my size, I go for 100g protein (high-ish), 50g or so fats, and use carbs to balance, but I'm not a low carb-er.

    OP, that's a very low calorie goal. It's a health risk to lose super fast, and you may even still be doing a bit of growing, at 18. You don't want to short-change that.

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