Macro/Micronutrient tracking?

change your carbs to want you want; just customize it. Best of luck.

Well yes, I get that. that's what I do. I'm wondering if anyone else is doing that, and how it works for them.

OP are you asking if other people are customizing their MACROS? Or are you asking if people are trying to derive the majority of their carbs from fruit and veggies? OR are you asking something else entirely?

I think I cut mine carbs down to like 45%. I love carbs. It's just not feasible to me to get even 40% of my cals from Protein as I am very iffy about meat. It's nothing ethical, it's purely about the texture of meat. Sometimes I crave a steak, sometimes I am repelled by the though of chicken. It varies. I am always disgusted by eggs, but I make myself eat them as the texture once cooked is pretty even. I like tofu, but I don't cook enough to make this a constant source of protein. I drink a lot of milk to try to make up for what I lack, but I rarely hit the mark unless I flat out eat a hunk of meat, which I can force maybe every 3rd day at best.

So, basically I have my macros set the way I do because that's the reality of what I'm willing to eat. It might not be optimal, but I'm trying to be relaistic about the long term. I do want to lose weight, but I also want to be healthy while doing it and establish eating patterns that I can stick to long term. I wish I didn't love my carbs quite so much, but I do.

I try for 40% carbs, 30% protein and 30% fat. I don't always get it exactly right, but most of the time I'm only a couple of % points away from each. It seems to work for me. The pie chart on the app is really helpful, especially when I have some extra calories left and I'm hungry...I can see what sort of snack I need to make to sort the figures out hahaha :-)

I'm currently aiming for c45%/p35%/f25%. I
t seems to be working for me - I saw a big loss after a few weeks of nothing after switching up from c40%/30/30 which had worked well for me previously at a lower weight. I also found adding in fibre helpful - I think this aided in digesting the higher protein levels, which derive mostly from meat in my diet.

You are working with 100 percent. There is a formula for protein; so that will give you that number when you plug in all your information. Carbs need to be fairly low, no more than 100 grams for weight loss. The rest is fat and will set itself.

I've never really been a big carb lover

I didn't know this existed. :huh:

The formula is : Take your weight in lbs. then divide it by 2.2 to get your weight in kilograms. Multiply your weight in kilograms by 0.8 if you are sedentary, up to 1.8 depending on your exercise. 1.8 would be for a bodybuilder.

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