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What's more important?
aj_31
Posts: 994 Member
Is it your calories comsumed or your macros?
See here is my problem. I should eat 1800 cals. Yesterday for example I ate 1751. I exercised and burned 735 calories. That brings my NET calories to 1016. My BMR is about 1530. So technically I should eat more so that I'm not below my BMR but....if I do that then my macros are off. I'm trying to do Carbs 40%, Protein 40%, and Fat 20%.
So what is more important? I mean yes you want to eat your fruit, veggies, protein, etc but how do you balance it all out? Do I worry more about fueling my body even if I go over my macros? What is everyone else doing?
See here is my problem. I should eat 1800 cals. Yesterday for example I ate 1751. I exercised and burned 735 calories. That brings my NET calories to 1016. My BMR is about 1530. So technically I should eat more so that I'm not below my BMR but....if I do that then my macros are off. I'm trying to do Carbs 40%, Protein 40%, and Fat 20%.
So what is more important? I mean yes you want to eat your fruit, veggies, protein, etc but how do you balance it all out? Do I worry more about fueling my body even if I go over my macros? What is everyone else doing?
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My macros are 35/35/30...30% good healthy fats...
I shoot for protein period first and foremost and the rest falls into place...
I would say get in your protein!0 -
Thanks! I feel like I'm going backwards and I hate that feeling. I'll try and work on the protein part and see if that helps the rest of it.0
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Lucia I just changed my macros to your percentages. I'm going to see if that makes things easier for me to hit. Hopefully it will.
Thanks!0
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