When I can't eat all my calories...

Not trying to hijack your thread, but I Was going to post a similar question. I'm having this problem also and the frequency is beginning to worry me. I try to plan my meals, but exercise throws me all off. Right now I have 543 calories left. I've met my fat macros, but I am under my carbs by 65 and protein by 70. So anything I could possibly eat make up the 545 will throw off my fats. I'm really confused. I could have some cashews (one of the few nuts I can eat) but that would screw up my fat intake. I need some 'dense' foods that are not avocados or almonds because I cannot eat those. I am not trying to under eat or jeopardize myself.

what is your fat set at? %-wise?

I recently changed my goals to meet 40/30/30. I only recently started logging on MFP. Was using another website and having the same issues.

Carbs: 131g
Fats: 44g
Protein: 98g

In my opinion I would switch the number of grams of carbs, for the number of grams of fat.

A little more protein wouldn't hurt either

lol

assuming you hit your protein and fat goals... u should fill the remaining cals with carbohydrates it would be the most optimal choice.

I disagree, I have found that carb loading does not work as well as consuming fat. When you consume good fats, your body does not stop the fat burning process to get rid of all the extra glucose carb loading would provide.

the opposite of what you said is true ive done lower carb dieting as well... especially for anyone who does anaerobic exercise like weight lifting. if you have trouble consuming enough calories, fat should be consumed because its more calorically dense and easier to hit calorie goals.. at age 50 i would just balance it out thru the day and have a balance with all macros and increase all of them im talking from an athlete/bodybuilder standpoint where carbohydrates would be much greater metabolically.

Who says she's doing a lower carb diet? Who says she's an athlete/bodybuilder? Perhaps she's just a standard American woman who's nearly 50 and trying to lose some weight?

LOL if weight loss is the goal it doesnt matter what she eats... if she exercises AT ALL it would be better to eat carbs... sheesh its not complicated

This makes no sense to me, how did you come to this conclusion?

.. u can eat twinkies and lose weight if ur still in a deficit, and carbohydrates are more optimal for energy and is better used by the body for better workouts with having more glycogen.

Your body has little room to store glycogen, but unlimited room to store fat. If you consume more foods that turn to glucose in your body, and it is more than your glycogen stores can hold, it gets turned to fat and stored. Look up the chemical process of insulin and lipoprotein lipase. Its there so you don't die of high blood sugar. This is why your body stops burning fat when you eat that way.

assuming you hit your protein and fat goals... u should fill the remaining cals with carbohydrates it would be the most optimal choice.

I disagree, I have found that carb loading does not work as well as consuming fat. When you consume good fats, your body does not stop the fat burning process to get rid of all the extra glucose carb loading would provide.

the opposite of what you said is true ive done lower carb dieting as well... especially for anyone who does anaerobic exercise like weight lifting. if you have trouble consuming enough calories, fat should be consumed because its more calorically dense and easier to hit calorie goals.. at age 50 i would just balance it out thru the day and have a balance with all macros and increase all of them im talking from an athlete/bodybuilder standpoint where carbohydrates would be much greater metabolically.

Who says she's doing a lower carb diet? Who says she's an athlete/bodybuilder? Perhaps she's just a standard American woman who's nearly 50 and trying to lose some weight?

LOL if weight loss is the goal it doesnt matter what she eats... if she exercises AT ALL it would be better to eat carbs... sheesh its not complicated

This makes no sense to me, how did you come to this conclusion?

.. u can eat twinkies and lose weight if ur still in a deficit, and carbohydrates are more optimal for energy and is better used by the body for better workouts with having more glycogen.

Your body has little room to store glycogen, but unlimited room to store fat. If you consume more foods that turn to glucose in your body, and it is more than your glycogen stores can hold, it gets turned to fat and stored. Look up the chemical process of insulin and lipoprotein lipase. Its there so you don't die of high blood sugar. This is why your body stops burning fat when you eat that way.

Way to make her diet far more complicated and harder to adhere to than it needs to be...you know..for this ' standard American woman who's nearly 50 and trying to lose some weight"...even if it were correct.

I don't see how this makes it more complicated. to me it seems easier to make a decision if you understand why you are making it.

guys the OP couldn't give two ****s about any of this.

assuming you hit your protein and fat goals... u should fill the remaining cals with carbohydrates it would be the most optimal choice.

I disagree, I have found that carb loading does not work as well as consuming fat. When you consume good fats, your body does not stop the fat burning process to get rid of all the extra glucose carb loading would provide.

the opposite of what you said is true ive done lower carb dieting as well... especially for anyone who does anaerobic exercise like weight lifting. if you have trouble consuming enough calories, fat should be consumed because its more calorically dense and easier to hit calorie goals.. at age 50 i would just balance it out thru the day and have a balance with all macros and increase all of them im talking from an athlete/bodybuilder standpoint where carbohydrates would be much greater metabolically.

Who says she's doing a lower carb diet? Who says she's an athlete/bodybuilder? Perhaps she's just a standard American woman who's nearly 50 and trying to lose some weight?

LOL if weight loss is the goal it doesnt matter what she eats... if she exercises AT ALL it would be better to eat carbs... sheesh its not complicated

This makes no sense to me, how did you come to this conclusion?

.. u can eat twinkies and lose weight if ur still in a deficit, and carbohydrates are more optimal for energy and is better used by the body for better workouts with having more glycogen.

Your body has little room to store glycogen, but unlimited room to store fat. If you consume more foods that turn to glucose in your body, and it is more than your glycogen stores can hold, it gets turned to fat and stored. Look up the chemical process of insulin and lipoprotein lipase. Its there so you don't die of high blood sugar. This is why your body stops burning fat when you eat that way.

How limited are your stores and how common is DNL in humans?

Curiously enough, protein and calorie matched diets have non significant differences in fat loss, amazing how that happen when your body supposedly stops burning fat according to you

guys the OP couldn't give two ****s about any of this.

guys the OP couldn't give two ****s about any of this.

For once I have to agree with you, but this is very entertaining.

guys the OP couldn't give two ****s about any of this.

i agree so let me just restate to the OP... it doesnt matter what you eat as long as you are still in a deficit

Think that if you wish, but I still disagree. What you eat matters almost more so than the number of calories you consume, if not at least the same amount.

don't stress. go over on your fat today. macros are guidelines, not hardcore rules. I go over or under my macros all the time. being exact isn't necessary. hitting your calories is MORE important than hitting your macros.

don't stress. go over on your fat today. macros are guidelines, not hardcore rules. I go over or under my macros all the time. being exact isn't necessary. hitting your calories is MORE important than hitting your macros.

Thanks for your help. I just wanted to created a calorie deficit via exercise and food intake in order to lose weight. Then when all these other variables such as macros get thrown in, I get really frustrated and defeat/confusion/frustration starts setting in. Gonna focus on my calorie intake making sure I'm not jeopardizing all my hard work. Hopefully over time I can balance things out.

Oookayyyy, let's play nice. I am just an almost 50 yr old woman trying to loose weight:)) I haven't being paying all that much attention to my Macros, just when they are in the red. I'll start though. Or should I pay more attention to calories?