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Does anyone find it hard to reach their ratio targets?

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edited February 22 in Food and Nutrition
Hi everyone

My goal was to retain my current weight and gain muscle.

I have just been playing around with eating multiple meals and seeing where I stand if I ate around the same amount I normally ate, but in smaller portions throughout the day (5 meals)

Now I'm falling short of everything, but mostly protein and my calories: but the other stuff i'm almost there. Where I stand It says I need around 1970 calories, but I'm falling short by about 600 - 700 calories. And protein I'm getting around 75 out of the 197 required.

My question is, is it fine that I'm falling short with the calories and protein by that much? or will I just keep loosing weight If I keep doing things the way I am? I never weighed myself while doing it, but I did notice I'm leaner and gaining muscle.

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  • Posts: 35,719 Member
    you're not gaining muscle if you're eating in a deficit.

    pre plan and pre log your day so that you hit your targets.
  • Posts: 165 Member
    Basically you wouldn't be here if you didn't know how to eat more calories. The other day I was missing 40g carbs and 300 cals, so I went and bought a cinnamon bun. I could also have had a small bowl of cereal, or - well, let's face it. It's not hard to find calories.

    Breaking meals up throughout the day, 6 meals, 5 meals, 3 meals, these are all things you do if they suit you, not because one makes you lose weight more than another. I have the usual 3 meals, plus two substantial snacks and maybe a couple of smaller snacks. I'm a snacker. No point denying it. So long as the numbers add up at the end of the day it's all good.

    Protein can be tricky - mine's only a 92g target but if I don't have meat for lunch and dinner I can miss it. I have some protein bars and shakes which I use on days with less meat. Also eggs, milk, cheese, Greek yoghurt. Easy protein.
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