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Protein vs carb intake

pinkest_mom
pinkest_mom Posts: 5
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been dieting with myfitnesspal on my iPhone for the past three weeks. I go to personal training 2 times a week as well as walking 4 miles 3-4 times a week. I have been experimenting with how to balance my diet, according to the guidelines that the information I entered has set for me, and so far have been successful with everything but the percentage of carbs to protein. I consume much more protein than carbs and remain within if not under my target amount of fat on a consistent basis. I am a stay at home mom with a current weight of 200lbs. I have lost 13lbs so far, over that past 5 weeks. My target weight is 160 (Pre pregnancy weight). How detrimental is this to my dieting plan? I have always heard that carbs are bad, but will eating more protein than carbs negatively affect my progress?

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  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    No, you're good! Keep on eating the protein, and congrats on your success!

    You can change the macro percentages to whatever works for you. High protein works very well for many people.
  • Hezzietiger1
    Hezzietiger1 Posts: 1,256 Member
    I have been dieting with myfitnesspal on my iPhone for the past three weeks. I go to personal training 2 times a week as well as walking 4 miles 3-4 times a week. I have been experimenting with how to balance my diet, according to the guidelines that the information I entered has set for me, and so far have been successful with everything but the percentage of carbs to protein. I consume much more protein than carbs and remain within if not under my target amount of fat on a consistent basis. I am a stay at home mom with a current weight of 200lbs. I have lost 13lbs so far, over that past 5 weeks. My target weight is 160 (Pre pregnancy weight). How detrimental is this to my dieting plan? I have always heard that carbs are bad, but will eating more protein than carbs negatively affect my progress?

    Try to get 1g of protein per lb of lean body mass. I weight 169 and my lean mass is about 117. So, I want a minimum of 117 grams of protein a day. Forget about MFP settings.. you can go in and change them, btw. I would suggest either setting them to a 40%carbs/30% pro/30% fat ratio... or another school of thought.. keep your protein at your lean mass like I said above, your carbs under 100 and cut all grains, starches, rice, and corn products, and filling the rest in with healthy fats like almonds, olive oils, avocado, etc.
  • pinkest_mom
    pinkest_mom Posts: 5
    Awesome guys! Thanks for the fast feedback :)
  • wftiger
    wftiger Posts: 1,283 Member
    In my opinion, MFP sets protein too low and carbs too high. I net fewer than 75 carbs per day and more than 100 grams of protein per day and it has been good to me.
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