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Need help with Macros

Heather032190
Posts: 138 Member
Hi! I have been trying to get real serious this year about this weight loss journey of mine and the path to a healthier, stronger, happier me.
I have been on multiple websites and read and re-read topics on the forums here for how to correctly set my macros and lets just say I havent had any consitency in what I have found. The latest that I have found are the results below along with my stats:
Im 23 will be 24 in March
5'7
191lbs
Goal weight 150sih (depending on muscle mass and bf%)
Mainly a 75% desk job with little activity
Workout 2 times a week at the moment
these are the macros and TDEE I have found:
1816cals/day
Protien: 191grams 42%
Fat: 76.4grams 27%
Carbs: 91.1grams 20%
To me this seems a bit high...but what do I know? Also another thing I am questioning is sugar...MFP has me at 35grams of sugar for one day and I usually have that beat by dinner if not before then.
I am just trying to make sure I will be going about this the right way. So if anyone can help I would appreciate it!
I have been on multiple websites and read and re-read topics on the forums here for how to correctly set my macros and lets just say I havent had any consitency in what I have found. The latest that I have found are the results below along with my stats:
Im 23 will be 24 in March
5'7
191lbs
Goal weight 150sih (depending on muscle mass and bf%)
Mainly a 75% desk job with little activity
Workout 2 times a week at the moment
these are the macros and TDEE I have found:
1816cals/day
Protien: 191grams 42%
Fat: 76.4grams 27%
Carbs: 91.1grams 20%
To me this seems a bit high...but what do I know? Also another thing I am questioning is sugar...MFP has me at 35grams of sugar for one day and I usually have that beat by dinner if not before then.
I am just trying to make sure I will be going about this the right way. So if anyone can help I would appreciate it!
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well Macros and TDEE from websites are just estimates.
But to give you an idea of how close yours might be...
My TDEE is 1995..and I eat 1700 a day to lose about 1/2lb a week
I am 5 ft 7, workout 3-5x a week...3 of those are lifting days.
My Macros are set at 45% Carb, 30% protien and 25% fat
These are all based on my LBM (BF% of 25%)
The protien that you have is set at 1g per lb...mine is set at 0.8g per lb of LBM so I eat 120g a day min.
Here are my calcs for my macros based on TDEE-20%
Protein: 121 * 4 / 1600 = 30%
Fat: 121 * 9 * 0.35 / 1600 = 25%
Carbs: The rest,
I got my TDEE by using this calculation
Total calories consumed + (lbs lost x 3500)/# of days (I used 3 weeks worth of calorie intake etc)
As for the sugar macro don't worry about it. Now when I take your stats to scooby it says
TDEE = 2018
TDEE-20%=1614
macros
45% protien
35% carbs
20% fat0 -
Great thanks...I guess I am just confusing myself with visiting multiple websites.0
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