Carbs and maintenance

EllaPaigeNora
EllaPaigeNora Posts: 26 Member
edited January 19 in Health and Weight Loss
This has probably already been asked before but I was wondering the significance of carbs from fruit in a diet to maintain weight? Today, I only ate around 1200 calories but had about 238 grams of carbs. Usually most of my carbs come from fruit (although today I did have two bowls of special K cereal, one at breakfast, and the other at dinner). I'm in maintenance mode right now and I was wondering if this is okay? It won't hinder me right? I know that about 40-60% of our diet should be carbs, and I'm definitely on the high end of that today. I don't eat that many carbs every day but I usually eat a ton of fruit and as a result ingest a higher carb percentage for my net days worth of calories. Will this cause me some weight problems?

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  • Griffin220x
    Griffin220x Posts: 399 Member
    No
  • holothuroidea
    holothuroidea Posts: 772 Member
    Even if you are 4'10'' and 90lbs, there's no way you'd maintain weight eating 1200 calories a day!

    I suggest you find your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). A good calculator is here: http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

    As long as you are getting enough fat and protein and are eating your TDEE, it really doesn't matter how many carbs you eat.
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