low fat or low carbs?

barbieNOT
barbieNOT Posts: 7 Member
edited November 12 in Introduce Yourself
Lowering both doesn't work for me. help!

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  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    I just lowered my calorie intake all around. I still eat carbs, I still enjoy fats (mostly healthy fats like in nuts and olive oil).
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Neither...lower your calorie intake. It would be pretty hard to lower both considering the only thing left would be protein.

    Dietary fat is essential to proper nutrition...if I was going to cut one I would cut carbs...but really, it isn't necessary for losing weight. I would suggest just focusing more on eating a well rounded and balanced diet that is rich in nutrition and hit your calorie goals.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited February 2015
    Lowering both doesn't work for anyone (it's not feasible to have super high protein nor particularly healthy). Neither is necessary--you can lower calories and do balanced macros or the MFP default macros.
    jgnatca wrote: »
    I just lowered my calorie intake all around. I still eat carbs, I still enjoy fats (mostly healthy fats like in nuts and olive oil).

    This.

    I found it easy to cut calories to some extent by cutting my portions of some of the carby sides, like rice or pasta/bread or potatoes, and by being more sparing in how much oil or butter I used or being careful with portion size of fattier meats (like pork shoulder or some cuts of lamb and beef), but that's because those are higher calorie items. I would do much better on lower carb than low fat personally, but luckily I don't have to do either.
  • cristinfaldetta
    cristinfaldetta Posts: 16 Member
    You need both. It's the variety, portion size and the quality of what you eat that will matter the most.
  • inthslif
    inthslif Posts: 96 Member
    Use this app religiously. .....the weight will come off
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