What are your macro percentages!?
balesalicia
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i just want to get a feel of how much fat, protien, and carbs other low carbers are doing. I am at 80% fat (135g), 15% protien( 56g) and 5% carbohydrates (18g)
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I am thinking of increasing calories to in turn increase macros for body healing and hormone rebalancing due to years of metabolic disfunction and adrenal fatigue0
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Mine is set at 70/20/10 but I get more like 75/20/5 at 1500 Cals no exercise Loose 1.5/2 week0
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Protein: 101g
Carbs: 20g (35g upper limit)
Fat: 51g
I don't always reach my fat goal. For me, protein is #1, then carbs. Fat works itself out.
If you're dealing with adrenal fatigue, talk to your endocrinologist and a dietitian who deals with AF.0 -
I work with a dietician and she kept trying to get me to eat bread and carbs with every meal! She didn't think keto was healthy...even though I told her I've never felt better in my life and have lost 16lbs and 3 inches off my waist in 5weeks. ( and still going!!! 26 lbs to goal weight)
So I'm convinced that most dietitians are going to stick to conventional SAD Diet recommendations unfortunately.
And I don't have clinical adrenal fatigue BUT I have been drinking caffeine and eating sugar (spiking and falling ) for 15 years straight! So I'm just wanting to do some preventative gut and hormone healing
thanks for giving me your stats! I am still learning 0 -
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Carbs: 10% (30g)
Fat: 65% (87g)
Protein: 25% (75g)
Seems to be my 'happy place' for now.
Mainly concerned with calorie & carb,
right now. Not hungry, no cravings & I'm
sleeping much better. ☺0 -
I'm doing kettle bell (little 10 pounder.lol) for my resistance training and Pilates. I havent noticed any ill effects from my protien percentage yet but will keep that in mind if My body starts to feel funky70/5/25 (f/c/p). If I didn't do resistance training it would be 80/5/15.
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Carbs: 10% (30g)
Fat: 65% (87g)
Protein: 25% (75g)
Seems to be my 'happy place' for now.
Mainly concerned with calorie & carb,
right now. Not hungry, no cravings & I'm
sleeping much better. ☺
These are my percentages, too, though the # of grams are a little different (I'm at 1350 cals/day but I also eat back half or sometimes more of my exercise calories so I sometimes go up to 1500-1600).
I'm more concerned with grams than percentages though, especially since I'm counting net carbs and the % don't reflect that. I've been doing keto just under 2 weeks so I'm still learning. Originally I was trying to keep under 20 gm net carbs per day but it seems I can go a bit higher and still be in ketosis. I lost 6.2 lbs in the first 8 days and now the scale is bouncing up and down a little. We'll see how things go. Right now I'm trying to stay under 50 gm total carbs, 30 net. I try to get 80-100 gm protein per day and the rest fat.0 -
Mine is 10% (53g) carbs ....70% (165g) fat ... and 20% (106g) protein0
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Mine is around
65-75g protein
115-120g fat
15-18g carbs
I eat around 1400-1450 calories unless I'm excessively active!0 -
balesalicia wrote: »I work with a dietician and she kept trying to get me to eat bread and carbs with every meal! She didn't think keto was healthy...even though I told her I've never felt better in my life and have lost 16lbs and 3 inches off my waist in 5weeks. ( and still going!!! 26 lbs to goal weight)
So I'm convinced that most dietitians are going to stick to conventional SAD Diet recommendations unfortunately.
And I don't have clinical adrenal fatigue BUT I have been drinking caffeine and eating sugar (spiking and falling ) for 15 years straight! So I'm just wanting to do some preventative gut and hormone healing thanks for giving me your stats! I am still learning
You need a new dietitian. Not all are SAD-focused. Mine is specifically keto-friendly, which was why I chose her.
Stay on keto for a few months and see if things improve. AF can occur even if testing isn't conclusive. I know so many love armored coffee, but I've discovered my need for caffeine is lower on keto/IF and my reaction to it is stronger. I now get a serious rush off the smallest bit of caffeine. Give LCHF some time. It sounds like it's working for you, so let it work.
And find a new dietitian!0 -
I am perhaps a bit higher in the carb range. I eat about 55% fat, 25-30% protein, 15-20% carbs, +/- 5%. I eat paleo, low carb/grain free and count calories, at -500cal/day from my maintenance to have a 1lb/wk weight loss (as I am over weight). I eat back my exercise calories but am conservative with their measurements. I have a very active lifestyle (24 hr call shifts, and usually very active until recently, got a stress fracture from running, so learned to sloooow down). WHEN I follow this, I lose weight easily, it just the following part that counts...0
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I mean I literally WORK with one. We work together. lol. Im a wellness advocate.balesalicia wrote: »I work with a dietician and she kept trying to get me to eat bread and carbs with every meal! She didn't think keto was healthy...even though I told her I've never felt better in my life and have lost 16lbs and 3 inches off my waist in 5weeks. ( and still going!!! 26 lbs to goal weight)
So I'm convinced that most dietitians are going to stick to conventional SAD Diet recommendations unfortunately.
And I don't have clinical adrenal fatigue BUT I have been drinking caffeine and eating sugar (spiking and falling ) for 15 years straight! So I'm just wanting to do some preventative gut and hormone healing thanks for giving me your stats! I am still learning
You need a new dietitian. Not all are SAD-focused. Mine is specifically keto-friendly, which was why I chose her.
Stay on keto for a few months and see if things improve. AF can occur even if testing isn't conclusive. I know so many love armored coffee, but I've discovered my need for caffeine is lower on keto/IF and my reaction to it is stronger. I now get a serious rush off the smallest bit of caffeine. Give LCHF some time. It sounds like it's working for you, so let it work.
And find a new dietitian!
But I plan to be off of caffiene by New years and keto adapted. Im 5 weeks in and have researched that it takes 6-12 weeks to fully adapt to ketogenesis-OR longer if you have AF or metabolic disorders. Caffeine can over work the adrenals, pumping too much adrenaline into the blood, spiking cortisol and thus insulin0 -
sethanddomsmom wrote: »I am perhaps a bit higher in the carb range. I eat about 55% fat, 25-30% protein, 15-20% carbs, +/- 5%. I eat paleo, low carb/grain free and count calories, at -500cal/day from my maintenance to have a 1lb/wk weight loss (as I am over weight). I eat back my exercise calories but am conservative with their measurements. I have a very active lifestyle (24 hr call shifts, and usually very active until recently, got a stress fracture from running, so learned to sloooow down). WHEN I follow this, I lose weight easily, it just the following part that counts...
That definitely sounds stressful! In the end, its whatever is working without adding extra stress to our lifestyles!0 -
balesalicia wrote: »I mean I literally WORK with one. We work together. lol. Im a wellness advocate.
But I plan to be off of caffiene by New years and keto adapted. Im 5 weeks in and have researched that it takes 6-12 weeks to fully adapt to ketogenesis-OR longer if you have AF or metabolic disorders. Caffeine can over work the adrenals, pumping too much adrenaline into the blood, spiking cortisol and thus insulin
Work work! Wow. Ok, then just keep on keeping on and ignore said dietitian. Sounds like you have a plan. Keep going!0 -
Mine are 5c 35p 60f I don't know how well it's working though I have been fluctuating in the 160s for 4 months0
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balesalicia wrote: »I mean I literally WORK with one. We work together. lol. Im a wellness advocate.
But I plan to be off of caffiene by New years and keto adapted. Im 5 weeks in and have researched that it takes 6-12 weeks to fully adapt to ketogenesis-OR longer if you have AF or metabolic disorders. Caffeine can over work the adrenals, pumping too much adrenaline into the blood, spiking cortisol and thus insulin
Work work! Wow. Ok, then just keep on keeping on and ignore said dietitian. Sounds like you have a plan. Keep going!
I do have a "plan" per-say.....but keto can be hard to get right. Ha. That's why I wanted to see others plans and stats, to gauge to my own! We're all kind of pioneering this new-old way of life together0 -
HFlippin2015 wrote: »Mine are 5c 35p 60f I don't know how well it's working though I have been fluctuating in the 160s for 4 months
Gotta love stalls. Not! If I may, I would suggest upping your fats and dropping the protien. I only say this from experience. I had a 2 week stall and after research, increased my fats and dropping Protien down a bit and boom! Stall gone0 -
HFlippin2015 wrote: »Mine are 5c 35p 60f I don't know how well it's working though I have been fluctuating in the 160s for 4 months
I would defiantly say to much protein, try dropping that and upping fat and I bet $ you start dropping weight0 -
5% carbs - 30g
74% fat - 204g
21% protein - 135g
Roughly 2550 calories daily0 -
I'm at 5c, 25p, 70f. I love it! It's weird to look at something with 10 carbs as overeating, lol!0
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Lol 10 carbs for one meal? That's a no no in my book! Lol0
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ettaterrell wrote: »HFlippin2015 wrote: »Mine are 5c 35p 60f I don't know how well it's working though I have been fluctuating in the 160s for 4 months
I would defiantly say to much protein, try dropping that and upping fat and I bet $ you start dropping weight
I second this!! Also, my macros are currently:
10% Carbs (usually in the 8-12% range)
10% Protein (usually in the 9-13% range)
80% Fat (I try not to let this one get lower than 78%)0 -
Awesome post. I was just looking for some insight on what I should be aiming my numbers at..0
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balesalicia wrote: »Im a wellness advocate.
What is a wellness advocate? That actually sounds like a pretty amazing job.
I am set to 70F/25P/5C but I've been playing around with my protein numbers, because I think I massively overeat it (about 100 grams, I'm 5'4, 170 lb), so I am closer to 80F/15P/5C0 -
I work for a pharmacy. I do wellness consultations and vitamin profiles with patients. Promote and market our pharmacy "wellness" services and do influenza vaccine clinics in the fall. I'm on a conference call about that right now (so early in the AM here!) im in grad school right now getting my masters in public health (health promotion/behaviors) so it's a perfect job right now. My plan is to become a PA with an MPH so I can teach medicine when I'm old and change the world
balesalicia wrote: »Im a wellness advocate.
What is a wellness advocate? That actually sounds like a pretty amazing job.
I am set to 70F/25P/5C but I've been playing around with my protein numbers, because I think I massively overeat it (about 100 grams, I'm 5'4, 170 lb), so I am closer to 80F/15P/5C
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balesalicia wrote: »I work for a pharmacy. I do wellness consultations and vitamin profiles with patients. Promote and market our pharmacy "wellness" services and do influenza vaccine clinics in the fall. I'm on a conference call about that right now (so early in the AM here!) im in grad school right now getting my masters in public health (health promotion/behaviors) so it's a perfect job right now. My plan is to become a PA with an MPH so I can teach medicine when I'm old and change the world
balesalicia wrote: »Im a wellness advocate.
What is a wellness advocate? That actually sounds like a pretty amazing job.
I am set to 70F/25P/5C but I've been playing around with my protein numbers, because I think I massively overeat it (about 100 grams, I'm 5'4, 170 lb), so I am closer to 80F/15P/5C
And Protien is easily converted to glucose in the liver so I think you are very intuitive in your thinking! I often go over on my protien. Got to keep it 80% fat for keto adaption!0 -
@balesalicia I am also very physically active, 3 days a week heavy weights, 2-3 days a week interval training and 5 days a week steady state cardio (2-a-day workouts 4 days a week with steady-state cardio in the AM and other stuff in the PM). I am trying to figure out right now what my protein sweet spot is to lose the extra chub, but at the same time keep/improve my speed and strength.0
