please help? high fat/low carb or mod fat/low carb??

lisamarie2181

Hey guys, can you please help me out.

I currently eat around 100-120 g of carbs a day, fiber usually ranges from the 25-40 range, netting me under 100.

I would like to know your opinions, should I be eating moderate fat instead of high considering where my carbs are?

I've noticed the lower carb I go, the more the fat creeps up, and I've noticed this past week my carbs have been closer to the 50's and 60's so I have gone over my fat amount.

What do you all do? Does it really matter to watch the fat?

I did LC for years, but i did it atkins style (the bad way)

I just want to make sure the high fat won't stall my weight loss because I am eating around 100 carbs a day

can anyone give me some advice? I would appreciate it

zynx1234

First google low carb so that you can have a better understanding of the processes that your body goes through. I eat a 65% fat diet with 30 protien and 5% carbs. I dont watch my fat at all. I do think that you should watch your fat if you are going to consider eating the amount of carbs you describe. I think the way you outlined it you could fall into the zone of misery. Which is where your carbs arent low enough to cause fat burning and your body just feels like crap cause it doesnt have enough carbs to run on. I also dont think Atkins is bad. I kinda do atkins but with a focus on clean eating so its more Paleo and Primal but they are all closely related IMO.

For me, I got my information from reading/googling all about Paleo/Primal/Atkins... and I read as many forum posts as I could.

Now take this with a grain of salt cause I am not the most successful loser. But I feel amazing. and I am happy.

lisamarie2181

I know atkins isn't bad, I just did it in a bad way lol

My questioning for this is because if you take Atkins say compared to South beach, they are two different concepts.

Atkins is high fat/low carb and South beach is more Moderate fat/low carb They promote lean protein, and healthy fats, where as atkins says all fats are fair game for the most part.

I really don't want to follow a diet, I have done low carb for a long time, but I am trying to do it the healthiest way I can, so I pretty much just cut out grains and fruit, so the majority of my carbs are coming from veggies and dairy. I will not restrict my veggies more then potatoes, corn and other starchy ones and have tried to lower eating so many tomatoes. But I feel the nutrients in the veggies are super important, so that is why I am questioning the fat.

zynx1234

Do a google seach for PaleoZone... there is a really good article on it.... I like the high fat .... I feel better. The fat wont hurt you if your macros are correct for you... its gonna require you to figure out which way you want to go. I think if you dont want to restrict your carbs(as in veggies) then I would lower my fat.

LowcarbNY

I currently eat around 100-120 g of carbs a day, fiber usually ranges from the 25-40 range, netting me under 100.

That is lower than the SAD of 300+ carbs but I wouldn't call it Low Carb. Lower Carb, yes.

I've noticed the lower carb I go, the more the fat creeps up, and I've noticed this past week my carbs have been closer to the 50's and 60's so I have gone over my fat amount.

Well the calories have to come from somewhere don't they. If you cut back on carb calories you have to make it up with Fat or with Protein. You only need so much protein so why not get those calories from fat?

I did LC for years, but i did it atkins style (the bad way)

Oh! well, say no more then.

Low Carb and an aversion to fat is difficult. I only know one person here doing LCLF.
Why are you fat-phobic?
Have you considered Avocado? High in fat and fiber and low in carb. You can add avocado slices to a green leaf salad and have something I consider very healthy and a lot more satisfying than the standard rabbit chow.
What about Salmon? Omega 3 fats and protein all in one.
Check out all the recipe for Chia Patties. Once again, high in Omega 3 and fiber.

lisamarie2181

I currently eat around 100-120 g of carbs a day, fiber usually ranges from the 25-40 range, netting me under 100.

That is lower than the SAD of 300+ carbs but I wouldn't call it Low Carb. Lower Carb, yes.

I've noticed the lower carb I go, the more the fat creeps up, and I've noticed this past week my carbs have been closer to the 50's and 60's so I have gone over my fat amount.

Well the calories have to come from somewhere don't they. If you cut back on carb calories you have to make it up with Fat or with Protein. You only need so much protein so why not get those calories from fat?

I did LC for years, but i did it atkins style (the bad way)

Oh! well, say no more then.

Low Carb and an aversion to fat is difficult. I only know one person here doing LCLF.
Why are you fat-phobic?
Have you considered Avocado? High in fat and fiber and low in carb. You can add avocado slices to a green leaf salad and have something I consider very healthy and a lot more satisfying than the standard rabbit chow.
What about Salmon? Omega 3 fats and protein all in one.
Check out all the recipe for Chia Patties. Once again, high in Omega 3 and fiber.

Yeah I didn't think i was necessary considered low carb, I thought more moderate, but I have been told low carb ranges from 50-150G daily. Because of my fiber I do get pushed below 100, so would that be low carb if my net is below 100?

I am just nervous about the fat because of where it is coming from. I never know what to believe about sat fat, some say it is good others bad, so not so sure? I try my best to get my fats from healthy fats, but lately all the recipes I have been finding add a ton of dairy, which I am not too sure is so good! I try and eat very nutrient dense foods, and I am just having a hard time because most low carb don't add much veg, and that is why I would say Im not LOW carb because I don't really cut out veggies, it's more the grains and fruit.

What is your take on dairy?

cramernh

I am just nervous about the fat because of where it is coming from. I never know what to believe about sat fat, some say it is good others bad, so not so sure?

again - so long as the fat source is coming from natural sources of food, you are fine

I try my best to get my fats from healthy fats, but lately all the recipes I have been finding add a ton of dairy, which I am not too sure is so good! I try and eat very nutrient dense foods, and I am just having a hard time because most low carb don't add much veg, and that is why I would say Im not LOW carb because I don't really cut out veggies, it's more the grains and fruit.

Unfortunately you are mistaken. Low carb intakes DO have alot of vegetables. You have to be extra diligent in the choices of vegetables to get a good balance.

A typical 2oz portion of spaghetti is roughly 38g-42g of total carbohydrates.
A typical 2oz portion of fresh zucchini spiral-cut into noodles is 2g of total carbohydrates.

If you were to pile on the zucchini "noodles", say... a 12 oz portion, it is 11.9 total carbohydrates (3.4g fiber). I cant eat 12 oz worth... it just aint happening... so for nights like tonight where Im making a homemade bolognese over fettucini for my husband, and zucchini noodles for me.... I will use 6oz of zucchini, and then calculate for onions, peppers, mushrooms and the homemade sauce. On average I prepare 2oz of each onions and peppers, but 4oz of mushrooms. My vegetables alone (not including the sauce), will be (3.7/1.1, 5.7/0.8, 2.6/1.0) a total of 23.9g total carbs. If I take out the fiber for the zucchini, mushrooms, onions and peppers, its a NET total of 17.6g of actual CHO's consumed. My marinara base sauce will kick that up another 6.7g of carbs (2g fiber) - so, 22.3g total That is a honkin' huge plate of vegetables, and at 22.3g of NET carbohydrates, you cant beat that!

Good planning is the key.

The true definition (and even for the majority of physicians and specialists out there) low carb intakes mean:
1.) No processed food, takeout food, canned, frozen heat-n-serve foods, boxed food, just-add this type foods, etc
2.) No potatoes (but sweet potato is a use-as-sparingly food)
3.) No rice - even the variety that is long grain, it still has a very high glycemic approach. Brown rice is limited as well
4.) No corn - this is a grain
5.) No pasta - our Endocrinology department will even advise the patient 'no whole grain pasta, no whole wheat pasta' as well because its still considered a processed food.
6.) No flour - today's standards have flour that is highly processed. Not just the bleached/bromated varieties, all of it, is processed. If you dont purchase grains in their natural form, its processed food.

Paleo and Primal are very much alike however Primal allows for some dairy, but sparingly, etc.

Through the Dermatology department, they recommend their patients to avoid dairy, predominantly milk. The naturally occuring pregnancy hormones found in the milk can great stall weight loss, cause moderate to severe acne and can really wreck female patients' hormone levels as well. Ice cream is a processed food (sorry, all of it, even the splenda varieties)...

Some people are ok with dairy, then there are cases that we have, dairy has caused great medical problems (Derma, GI, Endo, Rheum, etc) thus treatments tend to revolve around a significant reduction, if not an outright elimination in severe cases.

mstorvik

I would say that unless you're in ketosis, wouldn't that extra fat become fat? I always worry about getting out of ketosis and eating high fat - but I could be wrong here....

wfte

I'll second the above on the veggie front. Since going low/lower carb I've been consuming around a lb of veg each day.

wfte

I don't believe you'd need to be in ketosis. If you're at a calorie deficit then this fat should still be burnt off as energy. Even if your body is using carbs first, with the level being lower surely it still has to burn the fat after the carbs are gone, and the lower insulin levels allows stored fat to be used too.

This is my understanding but then I'm still new to this so I could be in the wrong.

TheVimFuego

I second cramernh's definition of true low carb/Paleo/Primal.

If you are eating this way then your body will adapt to burning fat as an energy source (both dietary fat and any that you happen to have kicking around the body). I like the feeling of being fuelled by my own body and not external carbohydrate.

Once in this zone then any fat from a natural source is great. Saturated fat? I don't worry about it. Really, it's been unfairly demonized, I just eat real food and let the macros deal with themselves.

I am at least 65% fat by calories (usually more) and have been for some time, energy is great, fat loss is great.

BUT I eat a maximum of 50g carbohydrate a day (and that isn't net, it's total) and I have adapted to being an efficient fat-burner. Not evidenced by ketostix or anything, just the fact I can get through the day with no cravings/hunger or energy dips.

I did a 9km coastal walk with the kid on coffee and cream yesterday, lovely, no energy issues at all and every step was liberating some body fat.

No 'Am I burning any?' questions you get with a more 'balanced diet', I HAD to burn body fat.

It all depends on you and your metabolism but the danger of doing 100 to 120g of carbs a day is that you are still fuelling the body externally with a fair amount of what will eventually end up as glucose.

A slice of bread, a bowl of pasta, a bowl of sugar ... it will all metabolise down to glucose, the body doesn't care if it was 'healthy whole grain' or not

Add significant amounts of dietary fat to that it ain't going to work.

Bottom line, if you can burn fat as a primary fuel, eat natural amounts in abundance (including lovely lovely saturated fat).

All IMO obviously but I've been in the "I want to be low carb but I don't like the idea of fat' zone and it's less than great energy, fat loss and gut-health-wise (too much protein isn't good).

@wfte ...

Sure, you don't need to be in ketosis to burn fat but why give the body any more carbohydrate than it needs?

If you can fat-adapt and decouple you body from a dependence on carbs for energy (and cravings, hunger, etc) then this has to be the way to go. IMO.

But it does take ditching the bread/pasta/sugar/processed stuff/grains ... Which can be a significant leap for some.

wfte

One question about carb quantities. Should daily intake be measured as a quantity or a percentage? On a good day I'm around 50g net, a bad day upto about 100g. I'm on 2500 cals though so its hard to eat that amount and keep carbs any lower, even with keeping out grains, sugars etc.
In percentage terms it puts me between 8 - 15% if calories, which would be 80g tops for someone on 2000 calories.

Does it make any difference or does it just mean if you're on more calories you have to work that bit harder to keep the grams down?

lisamarie2181

One question about carb quantities. Should daily intake be measured as a quantity or a percentage? On a good day I'm around 50g net, a bad day upto about 100g. I'm on 2500 cals though so its hard to eat that amount and keep carbs any lower, even with keeping out grains, sugars etc.
In percentage terms it puts me between 8 - 15% if calories, which would be 80g tops for someone on 2000 calories.

Does it make any difference or does it just mean if you're on more calories you have to work that bit harder to keep the grams down?

I agree, this is why my carbs are so high. I do not eat breads and pastas, really no grains but the occasional low carb bread. Alot of my carbs are coming from veggies and dairy, and my cal range is between 2000-2200, so i find it hard to cut the carbs down much more. I think it is very important to get lots of veggies, so im not willing to cut out certain ones (except starchy ones like potatoes and such) so i find it hard to get even my net below 50. I guess my main question is because my carbs arent super low, should i watch the fat for the fact that i dont go into ketosis?

Also thank you all for responding, i truly appreciate all your input

cramernh

One question about carb quantities. Should daily intake be measured as a quantity or a percentage? On a good day I'm around 50g net, a bad day upto about 100g. I'm on 2500 cals though so its hard to eat that amount and keep carbs any lower, even with keeping out grains, sugars etc.
In percentage terms it puts me between 8 - 15% if calories, which would be 80g tops for someone on 2000 calories.

Does it make any difference or does it just mean if you're on more calories you have to work that bit harder to keep the grams down?

I agree, this is why my carbs are so high. I do not eat breads and pastas, really no grains but the occasional low carb bread. Alot of my carbs are coming from veggies and dairy, and my cal range is between 2000-2200, so i find it hard to cut the carbs down much more. I think it is very important to get lots of veggies, so im not willing to cut out certain ones (except starchy ones like potatoes and such) so i find it hard to get even my net below 50. I guess my main question is because my carbs arent super low, should i watch the fat for the fact that i dont go into ketosis?

Also thank you all for responding, i truly appreciate all your input

Again - fats from NATURAL sources are the best fats to have. Keep the skin on your chicken, turkey and fish (where applicable), use butter - dont be afraid to use butter, allow yourself some of the naturally occuring fat in your pork and steak. You HAVE to increase your fats on a low-carb intake. You will definitely get hungrier as you go along. If you dont balance the fats with your meals, you will definitely get the hunger triggers.

mstorvik

if you're on a calorie restricted diet, then I see no harm in eating 100-150 carbs and eating the rest as fat (although some protein helps). From what I read when you eat saturated fat and you are living off of glucose (carbs) - it does harm. But when you're running in keto (off of fat), it no longer matters as you end up burning it. I'm always on the border of being in keto or not now ... and I am honestly freaked to go back to living off of glucose. I've read too much... Especially about heart health.

If you're wanting to ever make the change and want help in lowering your carbs, you can always ask us, too. Just as an aside, I heat a plethora of veggies everyday and I am never over 50 g net. Now fruit - I dislike it anyway, so I don't partake in fruit. But it's pointless because, for instance, a pepper has more vitamin C than an orange. And green tea has many antioxidants. So to me, I think eating fruit is something you should do to splurge. I just ranted about nothing in general there, haha! Sorry!

Anyway, in regards to your question - you can always try it and see! monitor your weight and how you feel physically and emotionally and see if adding the fat is good for your body.

cramernh

I cooked up two 12" stuffed pork loins last night: one with a homemade stuffing for my husband, the other made with spinach, onion, garlic, feta and herbs.

I kept the fat-cap on it because it helps to melt into the meat, thus keeping the moisture of the meat (this is Culinary 101 teaching), as it finishes, the remainder of the fat cap that is left turns into a crackle that just drives you insane because its so good.

Two nights ago, I made Prime Rib - it had just enough marbeling (another term for fat content in beef), to help keep the meat moist, and also aided to flavor the homemade au-jus.

Last night I slow roasted off a chicken (skin on), used a stick of butter to rub around it and apply another layer of my seasoning rub. By the time that baby came out, I had crunchy-crackly skin. The naturally occuring fat just underneath the skin and by the next had melted off, and self-basted the meat.

Ive got 44lbs off of me....... natural fats are definitely your friend, so there is no need to be fat-phobic, period! 8-)

cramernh

if you're on a calorie restricted diet, then I see no harm in eating 100-150 carbs and eating the rest as fat (although some protein helps). From what I read when you eat saturated fat and you are living off of glucose (carbs) - it does harm. But when you're running in keto (off of fat), it no longer matters as you end up burning it. I'm always on the border of being in keto or not now ... and I am honestly freaked to go back to living off of glucose. I've read too much... Especially about heart health.

The type of carbohydrate DOES matter.

You pair the healthy fats with vegetables (the healthy carbohydrates), you do not develop the traditional heart disease issues.

You pair the healthy fats with anything grain/bread/potato related, you will have the problems associated with atherosclerosis (fatty deposits in the arterial walls), etc

Im about to leave for work here in a minute... I plan on posting a PSA-type thread that I need everyone in our group to be aware of - and its actually a request from the Endocrinologists of the health system I work for (and... even more so, my own Endocrinologist)

ZipperJJ

What kind of veggies do you eat that you get 100g of carbs from?

lisamarie2181

I eat all different veggies - green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, zucchini, onions, spaghetti squash, peppers (all kinds), spinach and salad veggies, mushrooms, sometimes carrots but try and watch those, eggplant

Those are the majority of them, might have forgotten a few. But the carbs also come from dairy at times also. And if I have a piece of fruit here or there (usually apples), it might be a bit higher.

I really just want to find out if it is ok to eat high amount of fat if you are not doing a super low carb diet. My body is not in ketosis, so I don't want to ruin my progress by eating to much fat for the amount of carbs I eat

ETA: I eat ALOT of veggies, I don't just eat a couple servings. I try my best to get veggies into every meal, and eat maybe a regular size portion of protein, sometimes 2 portions depending on where I am at with my cals.

lisamarie2181

I'll second the above on the veggie front. Since going low/lower carb I've been consuming around a lb of veg each day.

where do your carbs fall though can I ask?

Every veggie has fiber, but alot of the times there are extra carbs there in either sugar or just carbs. For people who only net around 20 or 30 carbs, how many veggies can you actually fit in there? If they eat dairy, there are carbs in that too, so getting to 20 or 30 is very easy to do and there is no way i can go that low.

Like I said it isn't just eating them, I eat ALOT of them. And because I have to eat 2000-2200 cals a day, it is very hard for me to hit below 100, but I usually do NET below, but no where near under 50g a day.

wfte

My diary is open ( I believe) if you want to take a look. Usually when my carbs are at the higher end it's because I've had something that if i was being extra strict I wouldn't be having.

Todays TOTAL carbs was 48g. 16 of them was treating myself to an icecream mars.
This included:-
A big pile of salad leaves/baby spinach
A large chunk of cucumber
1/4 onion
1/4 red pepper
100g purple sprouting broccoli
100g asparagus
100g courgette/zucchini

Tomorrows menu already planned and has TOTAL carbs @ 50g. 21 of these are from a greek yoghurt and 1/2 pint of milk.

I've given up with NET carbs. I found out that UK labels list the fibre entirely seperate from carbs. On some labels this is obvious because the fibre number is higher than the carb number, not so obvious on other things.
But then some foods that I'll add from on here will have fibre included in the carb total. So unless I go through each of my foods and figure which has had fibre accounted for and which hasn't I decided I'm best just taking my Total carbs as my NET carbs.

lisamarie2181

My diary is open ( I believe) if you want to take a look. Usually when my carbs are at the higher end it's because I've had something that if i was being extra strict I wouldn't be having.

Todays TOTAL carbs was 48g. 16 of them was treating myself to an icecream mars.
This included:-
A big pile of salad leaves/baby spinach
A large chunk of cucumber
1/4 onion
1/4 red pepper
100g purple sprouting broccoli
100g asparagus
100g courgette/zucchini

Tomorrows menu already planned and has TOTAL carbs @ 50g. 21 of these are from a greek yoghurt and 1/2 pint of milk.

I've given up with NET carbs. I found out that UK labels list the fibre entirely seperate from carbs. On some labels this is obvious because the fibre number is higher than the carb number, not so obvious on other things.
But then some foods that I'll add from on here will have fibre included in the carb total. So unless I go through each of my foods and figure which has had fibre accounted for and which hasn't I decided I'm best just taking my Total carbs as my NET carbs.

I live in the US, so our labels shown carbs, then fiber, then sugar. I rarely ever will log something out of the database, unless it is fruit or veg that I know the amount of and find a match. I usually enter in everything I use to make sure of the accuracy (im a bit OCD lol) so I have built up my own database. I also cook alot so have lots of recipes entered in too.

The amount you had for the day, is what I could have in a meal or snack lol I am just not willing to give up my loads of veggies, that is why i don't want to go that low carb.. This has to be a lifestyle for me and when I restricted that low, it was harder to stick to. Not saying everyone else can't do it, but it just wasn't right for me. When I was super low and went into ketosis, I had no energy to work out, I was tired and kinda felt like crap. I don't feel that way anymore. I have energy, I rock out my workouts, so that is more of a benefit for me personally then the weight loss, so eating the higher amount is what I find works good, but again, I don't want to just be so willy nilly with the fat if my carbs aren't below 50. Because I am below 100 net usually, it is still high compared to alot of people that do low carb, so I just don't want to hinder my progress.

I am not afraid to eat fat by any means, but I didn't think it would be the same eat as much as you want unless you are way low carb

wfte

I know what you mean and had/have similar concerns myself. I tried searching online and couldn't seem to find a definitive answer.

You would imagine any lowering of carbs (non veggie) would be a positive thing but I also have that concern of being stuck in the middle where the carbs maybe aren't low enough and therefore the extra fats to compensate are actually doing bad.

cramernh

I really just want to find out if it is ok to eat high amount of fat if you are not doing a super low carb diet. My body is not in ketosis, so I don't want to ruin my progress by eating to much fat for the amount of carbs I eat

This has already been answered in about three or more separate responses...

lisamarie2181

Everyone is saying don't be afraid of fat, and healthy fat is fine, but my specific question is it fine in the same QUANTITY if you are not doing low low carb, that I haven't seen

I am not questioning eating fat, but I keep getting conflicting opinions that it is only ok if you are in ketosis to let your fat go that high, which I am not in ketosis, so I don't want to eat it and then worry because i have a large amount of fat consumed and also a higher amount of carbs.

If you have seen the answer to that can you point it out? Maybe I missed it.

cramernh

Everyone is saying don't be afraid of fat, and healthy fat is fine, but my specific question is it fine in the same QUANTITY if you are not doing low low carb, that I haven't seen

I am not questioning eating fat, but I keep getting conflicting opinions that it is only ok if you are in ketosis to let your fat go that high, which I am not in ketosis, so I don't want to eat it and then worry because i have a large amount of fat consumed and also a higher amount of carbs.

If you have seen the answer to that can you point it out? Maybe I missed it.

You were not clear enough earlier on what you were asking.. you hadnt asked for 'specific number'....

That can only be determined by what your treating physicians/specialist might consider, or....

Also, each person is different thus what works for one person, may be detrimental to another.

What do you have your macros set to?

lisamarie2181

Everyone is saying don't be afraid of fat, and healthy fat is fine, but my specific question is it fine in the same QUANTITY if you are not doing low low carb, that I haven't seen

I am not questioning eating fat, but I keep getting conflicting opinions that it is only ok if you are in ketosis to let your fat go that high, which I am not in ketosis, so I don't want to eat it and then worry because i have a large amount of fat consumed and also a higher amount of carbs.

If you have seen the answer to that can you point it out? Maybe I missed it.

You were not clear enough earlier on what you were asking.. you hadnt asked for 'specific number'....

That can only be determined by what your treating physicians/specialist might consider, or....

Also, each person is different thus what works for one person, may be detrimental to another.

What do you have your macros set to?

My macros are set - (this is what another person told me to set them at, if it isn't right please let me know)

25% carbs (138G) - which I don't hit, it is usually around 120
35% protein (193g)
40% fat (98g)

There are some days, yes I will get around 50 or 60g carbs (total, not net), but that has only happened recently because I have been trying some low carb recipes. So when I go low my fat goes way above 98g, which I have expected, but there are times when I am alittle over 100 total but net below 100, and my fat is higher then it says it should be, that was why I was questioning if it is okay go above because I know low carb gets your body burning fat, but because I am still consuming around 100 carbs a day, I don't want to do more damage and eat too much fat to correspond with my carbs.

Should my macros be set up a bit better? I can probably even lower the percent on carbs because I rarely eat 138 grams, but then what do I change the other macros too? Even hitting almost 200 g of protein is hard, I can usually get around 150.

Do you suggest an update to my macros?

cramernh

Everyone is saying don't be afraid of fat, and healthy fat is fine, but my specific question is it fine in the same QUANTITY if you are not doing low low carb, that I haven't seen

I am not questioning eating fat, but I keep getting conflicting opinions that it is only ok if you are in ketosis to let your fat go that high, which I am not in ketosis, so I don't want to eat it and then worry because i have a large amount of fat consumed and also a higher amount of carbs.

If you have seen the answer to that can you point it out? Maybe I missed it.

You were not clear enough earlier on what you were asking.. you hadnt asked for 'specific number'....

That can only be determined by what your treating physicians/specialist might consider, or....

Also, each person is different thus what works for one person, may be detrimental to another.

What do you have your macros set to?

My macros are set - (this is what another person told me to set them at, if it isn't right please let me know)

25% carbs (138G) - which I don't hit, it is usually around 120
35% protein (193g)
40% fat (98g)

There are some days, yes I will get around 50 or 60g carbs (total, not net), but that has only happened recently because I have been trying some low carb recipes. So when I go low my fat goes way above 98g, which I have expected, but there are times when I am alittle over 100 total but net below 100, and my fat is higher then it says it should be, that was why I was questioning if it is okay go above because I know low carb gets your body burning fat, but because I am still consuming around 100 carbs a day, I don't want to do more damage and eat too much fat to correspond with my carbs.

Should my macros be set up a bit better? I can probably even lower the percent on carbs because I rarely eat 138 grams, but then what do I change the other macros too? Even hitting almost 200 g of protein is hard, I can usually get around 150.

Do you suggest an update to my macros?

How many calories have you set yourself up with on a daily basis?

lisamarie2181

My calories are based off my BMR and TDEE so my range is 2000-2200, try to stay closer to 2000 or maybe a bit under.

cramernh

My calories are based off my BMR and TDEE so my range is 2000-2200, try to stay closer to 2000 or maybe a bit under.

It would help if you had one definitive number for calories...

I would suggest using the Scooby Calculator for an affirmative number. scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

Plug in the information and it will give you your TDEE-15% (provided you decide to go with TDEE-15%)


Macros are better set if you have one affirmative caloric number

lisamarie2181

I would say 2000, I PM'd Dan from the the road map thread about my numbers, and he told me to just stay around 2000, so I do my best to be around there, alittle over or under days here and there, but I would say that is my target.