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red_devil786
red_devil786 Posts: 2 Member
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Can someone please guide me about low carb or high carb low fat or high fat diets what does it mean and what will be best for me since I'm new to all of this and my goal is 1200 calories per day but with what foods I'm not sure. I am currently 80kgs and need to lose 20kgs to be under healthy BMI.

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  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,675 Member

    Hi there,

    I'd suggest just forgetting about macro goals. What you need to do is to figure out what keeps you full and happy. There's no point eating a specific diet if you hate it and stop eating this way once you've reached goal weight. Then you regain because you've not learned how to eat outside of the weightloss period. Thus log your food, maybe make notes what worked and what didn't work. Make small changes. Maybe try new food things, and if they're yucky then just don't.

    Also, I wonder if 1200 calories really is necessary. The art of losing weight is to eat in a way that keeps you full and happy. if either is not given then you give up. Often it's better to lose a bit slower, lose a bit slower, but eat enough and have treats every now and then.

  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,273 Member

    Macros are secondary to calorie intake. Barring medical issues (for example diabetes) a general guideline:

    • sufficient protein to protect against muscle loss
    • sufficient fat for hormonal health (and for digestive transit)
    • anything else is purely what your prefer/what satiates you/what gives you enough energy

    Some people find low carb filling, others (like me) prefer a higher carb intake because low carb makes them miserable,… So feel free to experiment and see what works for you.

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,889 Member

    IMHO, I agree. Forget macros at first. It’s overwhelming enough to worry about calories, finding what’s nutritious and what’s not, learning to weigh accurately, finding accurate entries to log etc.

    You don’t have to do everything perfect from day 1.

    I didn’t even worry about macros my first year.

    However, what I did find was, as I learned to control portions, make better choices, etc etc my macros started to fall into place decently all by themselves.

    Also, taking a while before you focus on macros lets YOU determine which macro you might want to focus on. I can eat a bowl of healthy airpop popcorn and be hungry again in ten minutes. Carbs just go right in me and out the other side. But, if I eat something with protein, it’s very satiating and satisfying and I don’t feel peckish again for a while.

    Others report that carbs or even fats do the same for them. Everyone is individual.

    You’ll start to get a feel after a few weeks.

    also, if you just check macros, consider checking your weekly average versus daily. You can make yourself mental trying to meet calories, carbs, protein, and fats on a daily basis. Look at the weekly average instead, and you may be much happier, and more relaxed as a result.

    Let macros sort themselves out while you sort out the bigger issues to start with.

    Also agree about the 1200 being potentially too low.

    Where did you come up with that number? That’s the least MfP will let you enter as a goal.

    Is this a number you “heard” somewhere was a good number? Or did you enter a rapid weight loss goal?

    It’s so much better to lose slower, build habits, take the time to learn the app, plan for maintenance (too few people here do that, hence so many “I’m back!” posts).

    Wouldn’t you rather lose half a pound or a pound a week, and after a year, still have that 27-52 pounds remain off, than cut hard to lose fast, binge on the rebound, cut harder, binge worse and give up in a couple weeks?

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