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is anyone counting marcos

exlazygirl
exlazygirl Posts: 16
edited February 5 in Food and Nutrition
I've heard about this a lot I might try it .

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  • mayaocean
    mayaocean Posts: 355 Member
    If you're counting calories you're already counting macros

    Protein & carbs = 4cal/g
    Fat = 9cal/g

    Just develop a macro split appropriate to your goals and you should be good to go?
  • exlazygirl
    exlazygirl Posts: 16
    Sorry lol macros
  • MickeS
    MickeS Posts: 108 Member
    Yes. Mainly to get enuff protein. I want to lose fat not muscle.
  • Snow3y
    Snow3y Posts: 1,412 Member
    Counting calories and counting macros is not the same.

    Hit me up i'll help out with macro counting :)
  • ChrisM8971
    ChrisM8971 Posts: 1,067 Member
    I changed my Macro's slightly because I thought their carbs were high and protein low so manually set at 45/25/30. I also track my fibre and saturated fats because I knew that my fibre intake has always been very low (goes with junk food I guess) and my general belief that fat is good, saturated fat is bad :smile:

    Seems to be working for me at the moment at just over 2 months in, do need to slow it down a bit soon though
  • hannahpistolas
    hannahpistolas Posts: 290 Member
    POLOS!

    Sorry, I had to. :wink:
  • anatolian9
    anatolian9 Posts: 23 Member
    the 3 macros are important. yes.
  • marie_2454
    marie_2454 Posts: 881 Member
    I count macros, but really only care about protein (my goal is set to 120g right now). Fiber isn't really a macro, but I try to get at least 25g of that as well. I track fat and carbs, but as long as I'm getting close to my protein goal I don't care if those are over or under.
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