Help with food ratios please...

Have you considered egg whites? you can increase your intake without all the bad stuff

I have mine set at 50/25/25 but I love to eat fruit and I wanted the "extra" carbs since I do a lot of high-intensity exercise.

40/30/30 is a good ratio. I think you just need to look for foods that have high protein and are lower in fat. Instead of the whole egg, just eat the egg whites. Some other examples are tuna fish (lots of fish actually), protein powder shakes mixed with skim milk, low-fat string cheese, etc.

Good luck!

Mine is on 40/40/20

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40/30/30 is a good ratio. I think you just need to look for foods that have high protein and are lower in fat. Instead of the whole egg, just eat the egg whites. Some other examples are tuna fish (lots of fish actually), protein powder shakes mixed with skim milk, low-fat string cheese, etc.

Good luck!

^ this!
Leaner protein sources! Chicken breast, LEAN ground beef, turkey & pork, fish, pork tenderloin, greek yogurt, whey protein

Interesting... I just checked my ratios and they are at 55/15/30 and I feel like I keep struggling on trying to get enough carbs. I have been consistently over on protein and under on carbs. I think I'll go back and take a closer look at my past consumption and adjust my ratios.

FYI Non-fat greek yogurt high in protein and no fat...

I too had this exact problem, but it is possible to find a balance, you just have to try different things to see what fits. My problem was getting in the protein without going over on fat and sodium...you can find low cal protein, but it's usually cheese or lunch meat or something processed like that. I pretty much don't eat beef anymore...I love it, but just too much fat. Try these: fat free greek yogurt, egg whites (I make this awesome breakfast out of egg whites, chicken breast, and pico), nuts, fish, fish, fish, chicken breasts, veggies, veggies, veggies, spinach, Kashi has some great frozen dinners, salad w/chunk tuna, nuts, shrimp. You can buy canned chunk chicken breast, that is relatively low in sodium - I keep those around and add them to various things for extra low cal protein - salads, eggs, frozen dinners, etc. Low fat / fat free cottage cheese and string cheese are good, just watch the sodium. Luna bars have a good amount of protein too. Hope this helps - good luck finding your balance! :flowerforyou:

PS -- feel free to check my diary. I eat TONS of protein and my daily limit for fat (which if I go over it's only by a little bit) is about 40 grams.

Oh! I also heard Bison is good too. I have had it one time and really liked it, it is more lean than beef...but I forget the fat content!

Absolutely. Tastes like beef, but it's as good or better for you than chicken. I heart bison.

Hi there, my original settings were recommending a lot of carbs and I kept going over protein so I changed it to 40/30/30 carbs/fat/protein but now I am struggling to get enough protein in without going over on fat. For example today I've had amongst other things, 2 eggs and a beef steak which isn't enough protein but is over on fat! I'm looking to lose 70 pounds and build lean muscle, what settings and food stuffs do you recommend?

Thank you very much!

Or you can eat more fat, and less carbs and get all you need to feel fantastic! My ratios are set at 70% fat, 25% protein and 5% carbohydrates. (I recommend you watch the documentary, "FATHEAD on Netflix or HULU to educate yourself before you have a fit!)

I haven't seen that documentary but have read a few papers and journals on this. I won't have a fit, it's how humans ate before farming and processing was invented!

I wasn't thinking YOU might have a fit, but some of the other closed minded thinkers.