This is a serious question..

Health and nutrients. If you ate 1300 calories in twinkies everyday, you would still lose weight, but you wouldn't be very healthy.

a) satiety & cravings - in other words, it is may be easier to stick to your calorie goals with different macros

b) nutrition - I would also like to get the most nutrition while losing weight

c) protein sparing - it's been stated that having sufficient protein will help people losing weight to maintain muscle mass

Wight loss is about calories in and out.

Health is about luck, genes, exercise, eating right and medical care.

I've been a member a little bit of a week.

And I've seen that Calories in/Calories out is a lot emphasized. Which is what matters for weight loss, or so I understand.

Now, it's not the same thing to lose weight than being healthy. That's where macros come in place.

It would be wonderful if 2000 calories of ice cream were the same as 2000 calories of balanced healthy meals, because a calorie is a calorie, right?

girlviernes wrote: »

a) satiety & cravings - in other words, it is may be easier to stick to your calorie goals with different macros

b) nutrition - I would also like to get the most nutrition while losing weight

c) protein sparing - it's been stated that having sufficient protein will help people losing weight to maintain muscle mass

Exactly this.

That's also why there's no one "best macros" that work for everyone. You should consider your goals and experiment with how different macros affect you, and it might change over time. When I started I was on pretty low calories (1250) and not all that active, and found that keeping my carbs at 30% and protein and fat at about 35% each was extremely satiating (also eating lots of veggies and that kind of thing) and that I felt good. As I've gotten more active and increased my calories I've preferred to aim more for about 40% carbs, as it makes a difference in the quality of my workouts. I've also had no need to increase protein as I increased calories (at least not much--I aim for about 30% protein and fat now), as I try to aim for a bit more than my lean mass in grams, and although my calories increased my lean mass did not. (My understanding is that that amount of protein helps maintain muscle mass, especially if you are on a deficit and weight training some, but even more important for me, I feel better and tend to eat balanced meals when I focus on keeping my protein at that level.)

I think macros don't matter much to weight loss. Don't think about it at the beginning if you are sticking to your calories without too much difficulty. I don't really track it but because I need a lot of protein and fat to keep me feeling full on low calories, I naturally eat about the right level of macros (I think?). I don't calculate it but I notice that I am always over my protein/fat goals on MFP (the goals that MFP gives me, I don't have any). I do try to eat "healthy" though as in lots of vegetables and some fruits etc so I do not think my nutrition and health suffers because I do not keep a great track of macros. I think for people like bodybuilders, macros are important but for everyone else, it is a bit advanced to worry about if your goal is to lose 50lbs.

If I get a calorie allotment of 1440 a day and I eat crappy food, it is usually high calorie crappy food. This means that I starve. Eating within the calorie allotment and not being miserable means I have to make better food choices.

It's about proper nutrition, that's why macros and micro, for that matter, are really important. You can have a person who is 600 pounds and actually malnourished because they don't have a very good diet. If you just want to lose weight and don't care how you will look or feel or the implications on your long-term health you can certainly it a 2000 cal/day diet of pure sugar or lard and you will still lose weight. However, I'm guessing you won't like the results.

No matter what your weight goals are your first consideration needs to be making sure you maintain proper nutrition or the wheels will fall off, you will binge and you will be unhealthy no matter what weight you are.

Good luck as you move forward and don't be afraid to ask for more help.

I am in ketosis, and I eat about 80% fat. For me, eating that amount keeps me in fat burning mode while keeping my hunger subsided. I don't get hungry very often, and I eat a max of 2 solid meals a day about 5 days to 1. While the opportunity to overeat is reduced by the amount of meals you have, I naturally don't typically overeat. I would often overload on rice for dinner when I was eating carbs, and often enough, it wasn't enough by the time I went to bed. Starchy carbs killed my ability to stay at my goals. I would go to bed hungry, and that would cause me to overeat. On Keto, I do have additional benefits: I have mental clarity throughout the day, and I can go farther for longer in my workouts, as well as sleep more soundly and more regular. so yes,I would say macros matter.

IMO...40% protein is very hard to obtain. I did it while attempting Insanity, and I didn't sustain. I, like you, maybe hit that goal less than ten times in 4 months. Boneless skinless chicken breasts can get old quick. But heck...if you can do it, more power to ya!

it seems funny and I don't know why but I have too eat more calories to maintain my weight as when I was on a hclf diet.