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40/40/20

LadyBoss_1989

1500cals a day with a %40 Protein, %40 Fat and %20 Carb.

Good or bad idea?

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EvanKeel

Based purely on what I read here, I'm going to say:

It doesn't seem like it would be a bad idea. You're getting a fair bit of protein and fat out of that.

Whether or not it's a good idea is different question, and probably depends on a number of factors specific to you as an individual.

EDIT: For example. If I were eating only 75g carbs per day (as your scenario suggests), I'd murder someone. So that would not be a good idea...for me.

__freckles__

Personally I would die eating 20% carbs. Carbs are your fuel. You need them to workout and feel good. Just my opinion as macros are a very personal thing. I'm eating 45% carbs, 30% fat and 25% protein and I feel great all the time. If you want, try 40/40/20 and see how it goes. If you feel sluggish increase those carbs.

ChrisM8971

What macro split were you using to lose your first 16 lbs?

Was it hard to do or did you feel fine? Has something changed?

If you felt fine and nothing has changed I would say continue with the method you have been using

SideSteel

There's not nearly enough information to assess whether or not this is a good idea.

What are your goals? What are your stats? What do you do for activity? What have you previously been eating and what happened when you ate at that intake level?

LadyBoss_1989

Wanting to try going Low Carb with %40protein, %40 Fat and %20 Carb but I might switch it to
%40 protein %35 Fat and %25 Carb

evedroid

bumping, because im gradually heading toward 20/40/40 from 40/30/30 (c/f/p) and would like saras or steels opinion on my case:

i lift 4x a week (phul), cardio 2x a week, one rest day. (lifting 50-70min/session, cardio 20min)
consuming 1800+ which, according to fat2fit, my lightly active intake to still lose weight. (lightly active, because im a stay at home mum and pretty much sitting around all day/doing only 'housewife' stuff beside the training)
5"5' 123lbs bf23.5%
would like to lose at least another 3lbs but the main goal is to hit 20% body fat, or lower.
eating on 40/30/30 hasnt been doing much lately in the view of fat loss.

SideSteel

bumping, because im gradually heading toward 20/40/40 from 40/30/30 (c/f/p) and would like saras or steels opinion on my case:

i lift 4x a week (phul), cardio 2x a week, one rest day. (lifting 50-70min/session, cardio 20min)
consuming 1800+ which, according to fat2fit, my lightly active intake to still lose weight. (lightly active, because im a stay at home mum and pretty much sitting around all day/doing only 'housewife' stuff beside the training)
5"5' 123lbs bf23.5%
would like to lose at least another 3lbs but the main goal is to hit 20% body fat, or lower.
eating on 40/30/30 hasnt been doing much lately in the view of fat loss.

You'd need to quantify the bold please. How long have you been eating this way and what has happened since? Do you use a food scale?

evedroid

shortly: ive been eating like this for a year now and 'only' lost 4% of body fat.
beginning of april 2013 body fat 27.5%
end of may 2014 body fat 23.5%

details: using a food scale for 2 years, weighing and logging everything daily, using grams, not cups/spoons.
eating 40/30/30 for over a year now, since i started lifting.
started with nrol4w (3x full body/week), been doing hypertrophy upper/lower split 4x and cardio 2x/week for a few months after, and doing phul 4x and cardio 2x/week for about 3-4months now, which i am planning to stick with on a long run.
regardless whether or not im sticking to my calories, my fat loss hit a plateau. strength/lifts are increasing though, so im happy with that.

chrisdavey

Disregard random calorie calculators and use your own data. Track your 1800 cals and determine if that is enough for you to lose fat (if you continue with that goal)

You are light and lean as is it seems. If you want to further reduce BF%, I would be looking at total caloric intake not % of macros at same total calories.

Also, it may be advantageous to try to gain some LBM (maintenance or slight surplus) as you are already light.

my 2c

evedroid

Disregard random calorie calculators and use your own data. Track your 1800 cals and determine if that is enough for you to lose fat (if you continue with that goal)

You are light and lean as is it seems. If you want to further reduce BF%, I would be looking at total caloric intake not % of macros at same total calories.

Also, it may be advantageous to try to gain some LBM (maintenance or slight surplus)as you are already light.

my 2c

have been considering both; upping my calories to lose more fat, then when im down to around 20%bf do my first bulk. not keen on eating at a surplus until im certain that i can definitely lose the extra fat built alongside lbm.

i suppose its just a vicious circle of being scared of gaining fat if eating more, but might be needing to eat more to in fact lose fat...