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What are your macros? Fave foods? Targets?

tomatoey
tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I was just poking around my pie charts and saw what I've been doing macro wise for the first time, lol. I haven't thought much about this and I thought maybe others would be into thinking things through.

Whatever my targets are, this is what I typically actually eat:

- 20% protein
- 35-40% carbs
- 45-50% fats

This reflects the fact that these are my fave foods:
- steak, meatballs/hamburgers, sausages, eggs (every day)
- green veg like spinach, asparagus; tomatoes
- beans & lentils
- starches (pasta, potatoes, rice, bread)
- a lot of dairy (0% Greek yogurt, 10% cream in my coffee, butter)
- fast food sometimes, maybe 1-2 days/week (sometimes more) - burritos, McD's quarter pounders, hot dogs. These are often my highest cal days

- Typical gross calories consumed = somewhere between 2000 and 2400 (with a few major outliers) (just eyeballing, that's bimodal. There are some empty days)
- Typical net calories = somewhere around 1900-2100
- This is my TDEE; I've been maintaining at 141-143 lbs for months, with 4-5 days of moderate activity (mixed cardio/mostly bodyweight resistance). Mostly sedentary but I live in a city and walk or take transit.
- Goal: recomp, so staying at maintenance. My net calorie target has been 1600. Need to revise, lol.
- However, I'd like to get rid of those outlier days and keep things steadier. I could prob do with more fiber and more protein (but how, lol, I eat so much meat! Leaner stuff probably.)

What about you?

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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    35/35/30.
    Favorite food is cheesecake!
  • trina1049
    trina1049 Posts: 593 Member
    35 protein, 35 fat, 30 carbs. Fave foods include Fage 0% yogurt, almond butter, dark chocolate, most low glycemic veggies (especially tomatoes). Target weight is 124-128; current weight 134.
  • cdn_beaver
    cdn_beaver Posts: 130 Member
    75 fat, 20 protein, 5 carbs. Favourite food is grilled rib-eye with gorgonzola butter. Target weight is about 20lbs to go.
  • JimFsfitnesspal
    JimFsfitnesspal Posts: 313 Member
    My goals are 30% carbs /40% fat / 30% protein, but I usually come in short on protein no matter how hard I try.

    Here are some of my favorite lower carb foods: homemade chicken soup, chicken breast on salad, beef & bean chili, chicken chili. For snacks I consume all the vegetables I can get my hands on. I also have bags of cut up chicken. I like tuna or peanut butter on celery.

    Sometimes I also have bacon / egg / sausage in a bowl, steak-ums (half roll and half serving tater tots), beef tacos (crunchy, or two tacos in one tortilla), or a few slices of summer sausage & cheese (no crackers), packets of beef jerkey for post-workout. But I try to limit all those because they are so high in animal fat and / or sodium.

    I love fish but it is just too expensive most times.

    I only consume 1500-1700 calories usually. It's a bit lower than it should be but I do not care. I feel no ill effects. I am losing fat and gaining muscle and my goal is to continue that down to 167# and 15% body fat while still packing on muscle.

    Good luck with your journey.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    edited March 2015
    Thank you, JimF :)

    You too :)
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