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What percentage of each should I be eating?

Ondreacrandall
Ondreacrandall Posts: 43 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I keep hearing a lot about changing food to 40%40%20% rule. Is it 40% protein, 40% carbs, and 20% fat?

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  • ChelseaM18
    ChelseaM18 Posts: 303
    Yes, that's perfect. It's something you can stick to!
  • chicpeach
    chicpeach Posts: 302 Member
    I had a really hard time with that. I'm working towards it tho. Right now, I've got my macros set to 50/30/20 - 50% carbs, 30% protein, 20% fat. Mind you, every time I have avocado, and I love them, so I eat them a lot, I'm over on fat. 20% is really small amount of fat and 40% is really a lot of protein.
  • Ondreacrandall
    Ondreacrandall Posts: 43 Member
    That's kind of what I was thinking. I just changed mine this morning and I'm wondering how in the world I'm going to be able to eat that much protein without going over on my fat and sodium. It will take a lot of trial and error to really figure it out.
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