Eat to perform - my numbers

Mummyadams
Mummyadams Posts: 1,125 Member
edited November 8 in Social Groups
Anyone here successfully doing Eat To Perform?

Am thinking about adopting it but after being semi-paleo (which by the way does not agree with me, it makes me fat) I am not sure my numbers fit.

I wonder if someone could check and offer feedback?

Using the ETP calculator, they are (TEDEE - 10%) as I wish to lose some body fat:
Protein: 591 cals (30%)
Carbs: 300 cals (15%)
Fat: 1057 cals (54%) - seems a lot?!
Age 42
Height: 173cm (68 inch)
Weight: 67Kg (149 lbs)

Appreciate any feedback.

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  • kelly_e_montana
    kelly_e_montana Posts: 1,999 Member
    edited November 2014
    So, if you are more focused on fat loss, you could up your carbs and decrease your fat. I'm not sure what your grams are since you haven't listed them. Solve for carbs first, then fat, if recomp is your goal. If you are under 30% BF, you should be on their recomp plan, not the fat loss plan. There are 3 plans: one for muscle building, one for recomp, and one for fat loss for people who have a lot of fat to lose.
    I'm 170ish, about 24% BF (41 years old, so this is a fairly good spot for me). My TDEE is about 2800 calories per day. On ETP, I eat at maintenance on my workout days and should eat lower carb and -10% on my recovery days. Recomp on ETP takes a good while but you will have good workouts while you do it and it's completely sustainable. I've lost 8-10% this year and have not been nearly as strict in the last few months as I could have been. I personally am at about 200-250 grams of carbs on my workout days and 100-150 on my recovery days. I am at 170 g of protein because I weigh 170ish. I would put my carbs more up around 30% on workout days if I were you. Really, I've been about 40F/30C/30P most of the time I've been doing it but I'm thinking of moving to slightly more carbs and less fat.

    If you have been paleo, expect some weight gain in the first month or two as your glycogen stores go up and your metabolism levels off. Adjust your calories up and down as you find out how you personally react to the plan.

    I eat bananas and oatmeal predominantly with the occasional regular sweet potato or potato but I have lots of friends who use white rice, quinoa, and more sweet potatoes. I also eat ice cream and natural ice potato chips after my workouts from time to time with no ill effects. :)
  • ashleearoha
    ashleearoha Posts: 165 Member
    I do Eat To Perform and I have gotten awesome results from it! I consistently get new PRs and I have gained more muscle and I feel leaner.

    I am 170cms tall and 64-65kgs, I calculated my TDEE minus 10% and it came in at around 2200 calories. It seems like a lot of calories (and carbs!) to start with but then you wonder how you ate so little before haha. I calculated it with my activity being I workout 4 to 5 times a week.

    I was also 100% paleo when I first started and I think paleo made me "fluffy", definitely had more fat on my hips.

    I still eat mainly paleo but my fats have been dropped a lot (around 70grams a day). My carb sources come from oats, sweet potato and brown rice and fruit and veggies.

    You should raise the carbs and lower the fats like Kelly said.

    I hope you love ETP :)


  • Mummyadams
    Mummyadams Posts: 1,125 Member
    You guys seem to know what you're talking about. Could you help me with my numbers?
    I really don't understand how the calculator works.
    I recalc and it only tells me what my protein intake should be (30%) - nothing else.
    Age 42
    Height: 173cm (68 inch)
    Weight: 67Kg (149 lbs)
    CF 3 x week and box 3 x week

    I just want to maniplate my goals in MFP so I can try & hit my correct numbers.

    Thanks in advance !
  • kelly_e_montana
    kelly_e_montana Posts: 1,999 Member
    I used moderately active and 200 grams of carbs for you. Here is what it came up with, and it looks like a good starting spot: Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE): 2,422 calories


    Protein
    Grams: 149
    Calories: 596
    Percentage: 25%

    Carbs
    Grams: 200
    Calories: 800
    Percentage: 33%

    Fat
    Grams: 114
    Calories: 1,026
    Percentage: 42%

    You might have to adjust it. Some people feel more comfortable and do better with 40% ish fat or 40% ish carbs. It's your choice whether you want to be higher carb or higher fat. I would start out here and see how you do and adjust after a month. If you feel like your fat is too high, set the fat grams lower in the calculator and solve for carbs. Just my thoughts...
  • kelly_e_montana
    kelly_e_montana Posts: 1,999 Member
    On the days you rest, you eat at negative TDEE (like 10%) and drop your carbs to 125-100. On the days you workout hard, you eat at maintenance following the guidelines above. The issue with ETP is for faster fat loss, you need more rest days than one per week because they don't want you eating below TDEE on hard workout days if you don't have *substantial* fat to lose. If you want to look like a fitness model, ETP is not the best choice out there. It really is for performance. :)
  • Mummyadams
    Mummyadams Posts: 1,125 Member
    Hey, thanks for that. I'll work with these numbers and tweak from there. Thanks for taking the time. :smiley:
  • bostonwolf
    bostonwolf Posts: 3,038 Member
    I need to do this tonight. I'm going to be around 200g protein, 400g carbs and 100g fat if memory serves from when I did a rough calculation a week or two ago. 3000 total calores. Pretty much the only dietary change is a bit less fat (goodbye, peanut butter...I love you) and a few cups of rice/sweet potato)
  • gweneddk
    gweneddk Posts: 183 Member
    I tried it for awhile but honestly I am more hungry the day after a hard workout than the day of, so I really struggled with compliance to the lower calorie levels on my rest days. Plus I couldn't always predict when my rest days would be with my work schedule so it made it really hard to plan for those lower calorie/carb days.
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