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floridamatty
floridamatty Posts: 93 Member
in Food and Nutrition
about to start counting my Macros on Monday, looking for any advice from those who do this thanks.

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  • K_Anness17
    K_Anness17 Posts: 18 Member
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    What is your goal? Low carb? Low fat?
  • floridamatty
    floridamatty Posts: 93 Member
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    Im going to do about low carb high protein
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
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    floridamatty wrote: »
    Im going to do about low carb high protein

    It's meant to be low carb moderate protein...
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    edited August 2015
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    Macros should be viewed as a range... minimum to maximum, with ideal being somewhere in between and determined by your own personal goals and preferences.

    Generally speaking, start with something like this -

    Fat: .2-.5g per lb of body weight
    Carbs: 1.5-3g per lb of body weight
    Protein: .75-1.5g per lb of lean body mass

    So for me at 170ish lbs, it works out something like this:

    CalMacroRanges.jpg


    Where I set my goals within those ranges depends on my training goals and my ability to sustain that type of diet over time.
  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
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    jacksonpt wrote: »
    Macros should be viewed as a range... minimum to maximum, with ideal being somewhere in between and determined by your own personal goals and preferences.

    Generally speaking, start with something like this -

    Fat: .2-.5g per lb of body weight
    Carbs: 1.5-3g per lb of body weight
    Protein: .75-1.5g per lb of lean body mass

    So for me at 170ish lbs, it works out something like this:

    CalMacroRanges.jpg


    Where I set my goals within those ranges depends on my training goals and my ability to sustain that type of diet over time.

    I really like that Thank you. I want to weigh around 175 when I'm done down from the 290's currently 185.

    I have been doing the .4 per lb fat and believed that was my minimum and a .8 on the protein, carbs I just stay under 100 grams most days. NOT today..lol.. calzone but so good..

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