I'm new to Macro meal planning

loki334

I recently started tracking my macros, 40%p, 40%f, & 40%c, and I'm trying to hit all 3. I was wondering if anyone has any tips on making hitting your daily macros easier.

I did find planning the day ahead and plugging it in helps. But I'm looking to see if anyone has a strategy that works for them or tips to make it less time consuming.

deannalfisher

keep a variety of foods on hand that are predominantly one marcros or another - for me rice for carbs (or cereal); protein is shrimp; fats is macadamia nuts - i use them to fill in gaps when i plan

i plan my dinner each day and then work the rest of my macros around it

BTW - 40/40/40 is 120% - so you may want to check your percentages

NovusDies

I think you mean 33 percent to all of those because 40 would put you eating 120 percent which is not possible.

I wish I could help but I don't do macro meal planning. It would be too tedious for me and I am achieving my goals without that level of attention. Others do it though so hopefully someone will come along and give you a hand.

LyndaBSS

I don't pay much attention to the macros. I focus on staying in a calorie deficit.

kimny72

loki334 wrote: »

I recently started tracking my macros, 40%p, 40%f, & 40%c, and I'm trying to hit all 3. I was wondering if anyone has any tips on making hitting your daily macros easier.

I did find planning the day ahead and plugging it in helps. But I'm looking to see if anyone has a strategy that works for them or tips to make it less time consuming.

For me, I found micro-managing all three was too much for me. So I started with protein, I built my meals around protein, pre-logged to make sure I was getting at least close to goal. I found once I started doing that, my fat was already kind of close to goal too.

Many of us look at protein and fat goals as minimums we try to exceed and let carbs fall where they may. Also keep in mind that macro goals aren't something you need to worry about getting perfect. Even if your personal preference is a specific distribution, being 10g under one and 10g over another just isn't that big a deal.

For health and well-being while eating in a deficit, the typical recommendations I see are in grams rather than a percentage: 0.6-1g of protein per lb of lean mass or goal weight, and 0.3g of fat per the same. so those are my minimums :drinker:

quiksylver296

kimny72 wrote: »

loki334 wrote: »

I recently started tracking my macros, 40%p, 40%f, & 40%c, and I'm trying to hit all 3. I was wondering if anyone has any tips on making hitting your daily macros easier.

I did find planning the day ahead and plugging it in helps. But I'm looking to see if anyone has a strategy that works for them or tips to make it less time consuming.

For me, I found micro-managing all three was too much for me. So I started with protein, I built my meals around protein, pre-logged to make sure I was getting at least close to goal. I found once I started doing that, my fat was already kind of close to goal too.

Many of us look at protein and fat goals as minimums we try to exceed and let carbs fall where they may. Also keep in mind that macro goals aren't something you need to worry about getting perfect. Even if your personal preference is a specific distribution, being 10g under one and 10g over another just isn't that big a deal.

For health and well-being while eating in a deficit, the typical recommendations I see are in grams rather than a percentage: 0.6-1g of protein per lb of lean mass or goal weight, and 0.3g of fat per the same. so those are my minimums :drinker:

Yep. That ^^

kshama2001

I've seen exceedingly few people here who try to hit all three.

I work at protein, I naturally get plenty of fat, and carbs fill in the rest.