Protein & Fat

I go over my protein by alot. My fat I pretty much stay around what it says or lower. If they have it fat free I get it. I've heard that it doesn't matter to to much about those. Just to watch your calories. Everyone seems to have something different that works for them.. I found a site that says what your "recommended daily goal" of these should be. Check it out, ya never know. Mine was alil higher than here cause MFP is goin by percentage, this site is goin by what it should be regardless...

http://www.healthcalculators.org/index.html

Hope you find what you need! :flowerforyou:

I lift every day, and have a muscular build, so I try to get as much protein as possible. One thing that I read on here that another member recommended was to keep the carbs up close to the daily goal. I have definitely noticed that when I don't have enough carbs, I feel lethargic in my cardio. Its a huge switch from the Atkin's diet that I did years ago in high school - it worked well in off seasons of sports to lose a lot of wieght, and I used to think that it was good. I have learned the hard way. 5 months ago (aged 21 at the time) I had my gall bladder removed, and the surgeon attributed my "50 year old gallbladder" to the high fat diet that I was on for a considerable amount of time.

A few years ago I joined the online weight watchers for men. It had a similar set up, but used a "points" system. It was helpful in the sense that it allowed me to record my daily food intake and exercise, but it was lacking something... the social support. I never wanted to go find a "meeting" and ultimately I feel that is what led me from sticking to it longer than 8 months. I even sought a nutritionist at the college I was at who told me, and I can't make this up: "Dont worry about weight in college, because with dining halls and the lack of making your own food its too difficult to manage." I couldn't believe a health professional, at such a medical oriented university would give such terrible advice, and I ended up not following the program much after that.

This program adds the social support that I needed, not to mention FREE which also makes it more desirable. This is definitely a great program.

Thats my little rant on that haha.

I absolutely love how supportive everyone is!

Yeah, I tend to go over my protein pretty easily too, but I've still lost weight. I've kind of figured that if I eat meat at one meal a day I can stay in the range. I try to always stay in my fat range because of heart health and on the days that I eat GOOD FATS (nuts, avocado) I don't stress about it if it goes a little over. I think carbs have a major impact on my weight so I always stay within...usually below the suggested.

Have a great, healthy week!!!