Increasing Macros after working out

thatguy188
thatguy188 Posts: 2 Member
in Food and Nutrition
So I just became a premium member as I am trying to focus more on macros vs calories. With that said, I noticed my “Allowed macros” increase after I do a workout (just like how my calorie goal always went up if I worked out during that day).

My question is, is that actually something that’s recommended, or should I stay within my Macro goal as it is. My protein intake went up to like 215g yesterday due to my workout. That’s a TON.

So what’s the consensus when it comes to increasing macros after working out or not?

Thank you!

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Your macros are what make up your calories, so they would have to go up for your calorie target to go up. 4 calories per gram of carbohydrate, 4 calories per gram of protein, and 9 calories per gram of dietary fat. If you have your macros set to %s, they are just going up to match that daily % of total diet. I personally just target protein at around 110-140 grams per day as that jives with .6-.8 of a healthy bodyweight for me. The high end of that is roughly 1 gram per Lb of LBM...after that, more protein is really just making expensive glucose.
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,970 Member
    edited November 2022
    Personally, I don't believe protein intake needs to be calculated as a percentage of calories (and therefore increase on exercise days).

    I use this calculator:
    https://examine.com/protein-intake-calculator/
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,156 Member
    In premium, you can change your settings so as not to do that.

    I set it so my exercise calories add to my carb goal number, though I don't care if I actually eat those calories as carbs or as something else. I'm trying to hit protein & fat gram goals as minimums (or exceed then), and just use carbs to balance calories.

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