Micromanaging Macronutrients!??

newjourney2015

Does anyone else constantly micromanage their macronutrients? I'm trying to get my journal to 30 P / 30 F / 40 C. I have pre-logged my food for today and am still shy 469 calories and roughy 98 carbs. I would like to take advantage of the calories but what has only carbs and calories with no protein so I can make up my shortages. I know this takes practice and I will learn it, but if anyone wants to take a look at my proposed meals for today and give me some advise I would appreciate it. OR should I just eat good healthy food, stay within my calories and move on?

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cwolfman13

I manage my macros...I'm almost never dead on...trying to get it dead on is an exercise in frustration. I can be off on my macros numbers and it looks bad number wise...but when I look at my pie chart I'm usually still in the neighborhood of 40/30/30 give or take a % point or two. As long as I'm within 5% points I'm all good. Protein is the one that I care the most about...being a little under on carbs is no biggie at all and it's still quite a few carbs.

If I had that many calories to go and only carbs, I'd have a couple of good craft beers or a few glasses of wine.

Firefox7275

Love that you have oily fish and a ton of fibre, so rarely see that! Sugar has carbs and no protein, but it's not healthy. Agree add in some wholegrains or pulses, reduce the serving size of one of your meats or fish if you want less protein. But TBH you will drive yourself insane micromanaging you will have to weigh everything. Also you can end up manipulating macros so carefully that your micros end up going off. I calculated you need 700g of spinach OR 400g almonds to get the recommended amount of calcium for a female (1g) and that is not all bioavailable anyway, it just is not achievable without dairy in my diet.

You seem to be eating an awful lot of green vegetables and duplicating at the expense of variety and the other colours - all groups are equally important (blue/ purple, red, orange/ yellow) and produce in the other groups tend to be slightly higher carb. I also see relatively few mineral rich foods aside from the leafy greens - if you eliminate dairy, beans, lentils and wholegrains you really need to eat a ton of nuts and seeds.