Calories vs Nutrient macros

fungaaron9880
fungaaron9880 Posts: 111
in Food and Nutrition
So. I am looking for some small advice or large if anyone has any. Let me try my best to explain the situtation.

Im trying to lose a bit of weight, its not a huge amount around 20lbs, and its slowly comming off bit by bit.

Since im pretty new Im trying to figure out my caloric goals. Im usually aimming around 1900-2100 give or take according to my TDEE. However I find myself hard to reach that goal sometimes, I am usually 200-400 cals short. The 8 glasses of water doesnt help either as it sort of makes me feel full.

Now I can go ahead and eat a huge spoonful of Chocolate Frosting and call it a day, but then it throws my macros off.

So I guess my question is two fold.

1) Should I be anal about micro managing my macro nutrients.
and
2) is the extra micro nutrients or lack of nutrients ie sugars, salt, fat, worth extra missing 200-400 cals

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  • princess_goal
    princess_goal Posts: 43 Member
    You dont have to eat all your calories...
    I suggest you take a (All in one) vitamin supplement to get all the stuff you need.
    Thats what I do...even if its very rare I have some calories left...
  • fungaaron9880
    fungaaron9880 Posts: 111
    I am taking my multi vitamins. I just find my calories really low and I feel like a piggy trying to stuff myself with food lol
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    Calories, fats and proteins are what you should be paying the most attention to. Since you are trying to lose weight, you should treat your calorie goal like the price is right... get as close as you can without going over (though, in reality, going over slightly won't stop you from seeing progress).

    Fats and protein should be seen as minimums, with more being a good thing. Carbs and all the micro nutrients you can pretty much fill in as you wish.
  • Tyggress73
    Tyggress73 Posts: 104 Member
    What about eating more calorie-dense foods that are still healthy?

    Eat some peanut butter, add avocado to a sandwich or salad, have some greek yogurt or cottage cheese, etc...?
  • fungaaron9880
    fungaaron9880 Posts: 111
    makes sense! and good advice tygress :D


    I Think Im just over complicating things in the end! thanks for the replies
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    So. I am looking for some small advice or large if anyone has any. Let me try my best to explain the situtation.

    Im trying to lose a bit of weight, its not a huge amount around 20lbs, and its slowly comming off bit by bit.

    Since im pretty new Im trying to figure out my caloric goals. Im usually aimming around 1900-2100 give or take according to my TDEE. However I find myself hard to reach that goal sometimes, I am usually 200-400 cals short. The 8 glasses of water doesnt help either as it sort of makes me feel full.

    Now I can go ahead and eat a huge spoonful of Chocolate Frosting and call it a day, but then it throws my macros off.

    So I guess my question is two fold.

    1) Should I be anal about micro managing my macro nutrients.
    and
    2) is the extra micro nutrients or lack of nutrients ie sugars, salt, fat, worth extra missing 200-400 cals

    find another way to get those calories in AND stay in your macros! do you drink a shake?
  • fungaaron9880
    fungaaron9880 Posts: 111
    So. I am looking for some small advice or large if anyone has any. Let me try my best to explain the situtation.

    Im trying to lose a bit of weight, its not a huge amount around 20lbs, and its slowly comming off bit by bit.

    Since im pretty new Im trying to figure out my caloric goals. Im usually aimming around 1900-2100 give or take according to my TDEE. However I find myself hard to reach that goal sometimes, I am usually 200-400 cals short. The 8 glasses of water doesnt help either as it sort of makes me feel full.

    Now I can go ahead and eat a huge spoonful of Chocolate Frosting and call it a day, but then it throws my macros off.

    So I guess my question is two fold.

    1) Should I be anal about micro managing my macro nutrients.
    and
    2) is the extra micro nutrients or lack of nutrients ie sugars, salt, fat, worth extra missing 200-400 cals

    find another way to get those calories in AND stay in your macros! do you drink a shake?

    yes i am! usually post workout
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    So. I am looking for some small advice or large if anyone has any. Let me try my best to explain the situtation.

    Im trying to lose a bit of weight, its not a huge amount around 20lbs, and its slowly comming off bit by bit.

    Since im pretty new Im trying to figure out my caloric goals. Im usually aimming around 1900-2100 give or take according to my TDEE. However I find myself hard to reach that goal sometimes, I am usually 200-400 cals short. The 8 glasses of water doesnt help either as it sort of makes me feel full.

    Now I can go ahead and eat a huge spoonful of Chocolate Frosting and call it a day, but then it throws my macros off.

    So I guess my question is two fold.

    1) Should I be anal about micro managing my macro nutrients.
    and
    2) is the extra micro nutrients or lack of nutrients ie sugars, salt, fat, worth extra missing 200-400 cals

    find another way to get those calories in AND stay in your macros! do you drink a shake?

    yes i am! usually post workout

    cool! you can usually load that up with some extra calories too (the way you do it may vary depending on if its a fruity shake or a vanilla/chocolate type shake)

    I use a tbsp of coconut oil in fruity shakes and peanut butter in others.

    you can also go out and grab ground flaxseeds and chia seeds and dump a serving of each in a shake. They're SO good for you, have omega-3s, and can give you a bit of a calorie boost too.
  • fungaaron9880
    fungaaron9880 Posts: 111
    awesome! I will def check it out next time I go to my healthfood store.

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