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40/30/30

balancedbrunette
balancedbrunette Posts: 530 Member
edited January 8 in Health and Weight Loss
Is this essentially a normal diet as supposed to a low-carb one just wondering what are people's experiences with it i'm finding it difficult to stay within the carb limit some days...eating too many?

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  • calliandrea
    calliandrea Posts: 7
    I actually had to change my macros in order to stay under. I eat a lot of carbs compared to some. But my body doesn't seem to care, since I'm still losing. I would experiment with changing your macros and see what works with your body.
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
    It's a "Zone" diet macro split.

    Pretty decent as a starting point for lots of people.
  • ModoVincere
    ModoVincere Posts: 530 Member
    Is this essentially a normal diet as supposed to a low-carb one just wondering what are people's experiences with it i'm finding it difficult to stay within the carb limit some days...eating too many?
    S.A.D (Standard American Diet) is closer to 60% of Calories from Carbs, 15% from protein, and the rest (25%) from fat.
    40/30/30 is the ratio promoted by the zone diet, and some lump it in as a high protein diet. Personally, I consider it a lower carb diet, but not a low carb diet.
    There's nothing magical about the ratio that I can tell, however.
  • hajenkatt
    hajenkatt Posts: 331 Member
    My macros are set to this, too. It seems to work better for me.
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