high carb high protein low fat diet

You should balance out everything in your diet provided you have no issues that cause you to not consume a certain type of food.

Why is your diet low fat? You need fat in your diet.

Also, you need a high protein diet to help try to protect your muscles which you do lose some of when you lose weight.

I skimmed through the last week or so of your diary. Your fats and protein are probably about the bare minimum of where you should be, but still ok. As such, I'd say you're fine, but adding in a little more fat and protein can only be a good thing.

There are a lot of vitamins that can only be absorbed in the presence of fat. Too little fat is NOT a good or healthy thing.

for someone taking in your amount of calories, your macros look pretty good at long as you exercise and keep active!

good stuff.

i eat alot of vegetables and so i accumulate alot of carbs in a day, i also eat a high protein diet as well. is this good or bad for someone who wants to get in shape?

Before my surgery (brain surgery), I lost 40 pounds by eating fruits and veggies. Once and a while I would have lots of protein but I think it works.

Looking at your diary, a lot of your carbs actually come from breads, tortillas, popcorn, cereal.... while a lot do come from veggies as well. I wouldn't say that your problem is that you have a high carb diet BECAUSE of veggies, though. You eat a lot of veggies, yes, but you also eat a lot of processed carbs. I would suggest trying to work in more fat content and also trying to decrease some of the carbs you eat on a daily basis that are grain-related. 250 carbs a day seems a little high to me, when 100 of them can easily be removed by cutting back on the grain-type carbs. These can have a lot of sugar and not be very nutrition-dense.



Edit- I know a lot of other people have said this, but if you are looking to retain muscle while working out, the recommended protein intake is .7-1 gram of protein per body weight. I am eating 1500 calories a day and shoot for between 90and 110g of protein daily

i eat alot of vegetables and so i accumulate alot of carbs in a day, i also eat a high protein diet as well. is this good or bad for someone who wants to get in shape?

I eat a ton of fruit and vegetables but also high protein foods. I am always under the MFP carb guideline and way over on my protein on about 2,200 calories / day. Works for me.

While it may "work" for some people (depending on activity level) to still lose with those ratios, I'd still be concerned that an excess of carbs would lead to an insulin imbalance, which can eventually lead to diabetes. The fruits and veggies aren't so much a risk factor as the breads, cereals, pastas, etc. Most days I don't have any grains at all, but generally speaking, most people don't need more than 1-3 servings of grains per day. And "high protein" would be, for females, AT LEAST 80-90g per day. RDA is 60, but that's just to "survive". Particularly when weight loss is the goal, getting more like 80g would be ideal.

Also, as others have said, you need fat to burn fat, and you need fat to absorb certain nutrients. Up your fat. By a lot. I'd say at least 70g/day. By all means, avoid trans fats and processed/plastic fats (ie margarine, canola oil, deep fried fast food), but healthy fats (from unprocessed meats, cheese, yogurt, coconut oil, real butter) are necessary for overall health.

Watch this: http://youtu.be/8zEZlkG1boU?t=13m19s through about minute 22 minimum. Great information about what humans NEED to eat. The entire presentation is fantastic.

The basis of your diet if your goal is optimum health should be starchy vegetables. Whole grains, potatoes, legumes, rice. These have adequate protein and complex carbohydrates. In addition, add in leafy greens vegetables and fruit. Lastly, add in a variety of veggies. Something new and different you've never tried. And avoid all oils, meat and dairy, and processed foods like powders, drinks, and packaged dinners. These foods are calorie dense foods that don't provide nutrition relative to the amount of calories they provide.

yeah no. on no level is this correct.