Which stats are more important?
ogo1016
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Is it more important to have the correct number of grams eaten or that the Macon percentages are right on? There's so much to learn and understand when trying to eat right
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Are you aiming for low carb or is your goal ketosis? Some find ketosis to be a bit fickle in achieving and maintaining so having a hard limit on carb grams is the general advice. You don't need to reach the limit, just stay under it. For low carb, you may find you can be a little flexible within a range of carb totals, so looking at the percentage may be just fine, It's really individual. You don't need to reach the fat goal either as long as you eat enough to be satisfied. You shouldn't be feeling like you're starving within 4 to 5 hours of eating. For protein, you want to reach that goal within 10g or so. It's ok if you are a bit over or under from day to day, but you mostly want to meet that pretty consistently.
Use one of the calculators to help you determine how much you need.
http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/
Or
http://www.ruled.me/keto-calculator/3 -
Sunny, thanks for the advice. My goal is ketosis. I'm pretty good with keeping the net carbs below 20, but my calories are 200-400 over goal and I have not met my fat and protein goals. I have used those calculators to figure my numbers. I'm just not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm not good at planning meals in advance. This week I'm trying to follow a ruled me planned week to see if there's a difference.Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »Are you aiming for low carb or is your goal ketosis? Some find ketosis to be a bit fickle in achieving and maintaining so having a hard limit on carb grams is the general advice. You don't need to reach the limit, just stay under it. For low carb, you may find you can be a little flexible within a range of carb totals, so looking at the percentage may be just fine, It's really individual. You don't need to reach the fat goal either as long as you eat enough to be satisfied. You shouldn't be feeling like you're starving within 4 to 5 hours of eating. For protein, you want to reach that goal within 10g or so. It's ok if you are a bit over or under from day to day, but you mostly want to meet that pretty consistently.
Use one of the calculators to help you determine how much you need.
http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/
Or
http://www.ruled.me/keto-calculator/
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Sunny, thanks for the advice. My goal is ketosis. I'm pretty good with keeping the net carbs below 20, but my calories are 200-400 over goal and I have not met my fat and protein goals. I have used those calculators to figure my numbers. I'm just not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm not good at planning meals in advance. This week I'm trying to follow a ruled me planned week to see if there's a difference.Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »Are you aiming for low carb or is your goal ketosis? Some find ketosis to be a bit fickle in achieving and maintaining so having a hard limit on carb grams is the general advice. You don't need to reach the limit, just stay under it. For low carb, you may find you can be a little flexible within a range of carb totals, so looking at the percentage may be just fine, It's really individual. You don't need to reach the fat goal either as long as you eat enough to be satisfied. You shouldn't be feeling like you're starving within 4 to 5 hours of eating. For protein, you want to reach that goal within 10g or so. It's ok if you are a bit over or under from day to day, but you mostly want to meet that pretty consistently.
Use one of the calculators to help you determine how much you need.
http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/
Or
http://www.ruled.me/keto-calculator/
That statement is contradictory... If you're going over calories by 200-400, but staying within carb goal and under on protein and fat, then you would be lower than your calorie goal. The only way you can be over is if you're blowing past one or more of the macros.
Maybe take another look and you should find you're going over on something on those days and then decide if that particular days food choices make staying in your goal calories difficult for some reason. If hunger is the issue on those days, could it be from higher activity level or maybe a certain food, artificial sweetener use, higher carbs that day creating the feeling of hunger?
Those numbers don't add up right.2 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »Sunny, thanks for the advice. My goal is ketosis. I'm pretty good with keeping the net carbs below 20, but my calories are 200-400 over goal and I have not met my fat and protein goals. I have used those calculators to figure my numbers. I'm just not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm not good at planning meals in advance. This week I'm trying to follow a ruled me planned week to see if there's a difference.Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »Are you aiming for low carb or is your goal ketosis? Some find ketosis to be a bit fickle in achieving and maintaining so having a hard limit on carb grams is the general advice. You don't need to reach the limit, just stay under it. For low carb, you may find you can be a little flexible within a range of carb totals, so looking at the percentage may be just fine, It's really individual. You don't need to reach the fat goal either as long as you eat enough to be satisfied. You shouldn't be feeling like you're starving within 4 to 5 hours of eating. For protein, you want to reach that goal within 10g or so. It's ok if you are a bit over or under from day to day, but you mostly want to meet that pretty consistently.
Use one of the calculators to help you determine how much you need.
http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/
Or
http://www.ruled.me/keto-calculator/
That statement is contradictory... If you're going over calories by 200-400, but staying within carb goal and under on protein and fat, then you would be lower than your calorie goal. The only way you can be over is if you're blowing past one or more of the macros.
Maybe take another look and you should find you're going over on something on those days and then decide if that particular days food choices make staying in your goal calories difficult for some reason. If hunger is the issue on those days, could it be from higher activity level or maybe a certain food, artificial sweetener use, higher carbs that day creating the feeling of hunger?
Those numbers don't add up right.
Bunny doing math.... but she's right.
Something is amok.
Maybe your MFP entries are wrong, that wouldn't be unheard of.
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KenSmith108 wrote: »Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »Sunny, thanks for the advice. My goal is ketosis. I'm pretty good with keeping the net carbs below 20, but my calories are 200-400 over goal and I have not met my fat and protein goals. I have used those calculators to figure my numbers. I'm just not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm not good at planning meals in advance. This week I'm trying to follow a ruled me planned week to see if there's a difference.Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »Are you aiming for low carb or is your goal ketosis? Some find ketosis to be a bit fickle in achieving and maintaining so having a hard limit on carb grams is the general advice. You don't need to reach the limit, just stay under it. For low carb, you may find you can be a little flexible within a range of carb totals, so looking at the percentage may be just fine, It's really individual. You don't need to reach the fat goal either as long as you eat enough to be satisfied. You shouldn't be feeling like you're starving within 4 to 5 hours of eating. For protein, you want to reach that goal within 10g or so. It's ok if you are a bit over or under from day to day, but you mostly want to meet that pretty consistently.
Use one of the calculators to help you determine how much you need.
http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/
Or
http://www.ruled.me/keto-calculator/
That statement is contradictory... If you're going over calories by 200-400, but staying within carb goal and under on protein and fat, then you would be lower than your calorie goal. The only way you can be over is if you're blowing past one or more of the macros.
Maybe take another look and you should find you're going over on something on those days and then decide if that particular days food choices make staying in your goal calories difficult for some reason. If hunger is the issue on those days, could it be from higher activity level or maybe a certain food, artificial sweetener use, higher carbs that day creating the feeling of hunger?
Those numbers don't add up right.
Bunny doing math.... but she's right. Something is amok.
Maybe your MFP entries are wrong, that wouldn't be unheard of. or
Ha! You must recall I am not a fan of the math.1 -
As I started out I just focused on keeping my carb grams below 20 and as I went along and learned I looked for opportunities to increase my fat content. I never pay much attention to protein - it is often over. But always keeping my cal count in deficit. My reason for Ketosis is strictly weight loss. I don't have any other health concerns. Yours may be different.1
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Are you still below 20 @daylitemag , or did you increase as you lost your weight? I am wondering will I have to stay this low for a very long period, because I love veg and it is hard to keep below 20 and able to eat the veg I like. ( silly things have more carbs than I thought)1
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »Are you aiming for low carb or is your goal ketosis? Some find ketosis to be a bit fickle in achieving and maintaining so having a hard limit on carb grams is the general advice. You don't need to reach the limit, just stay under it. For low carb, you may find you can be a little flexible within a range of carb totals, so looking at the percentage may be just fine, It's really individual. You don't need to reach the fat goal either as long as you eat enough to be satisfied. You shouldn't be feeling like you're starving within 4 to 5 hours of eating. For protein, you want to reach that goal within 10g or so. It's ok if you are a bit over or under from day to day, but you mostly want to meet that pretty consistently.
Use one of the calculators to help you determine how much you need.
http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/
Or
http://www.ruled.me/keto-calculator/
I agree with Bunny in regards to ketosis. I do keto and have a firm limit of 30 g NET carbs. I think my body can tolerate about 31-35 only if it's every now and then (like once a week) next to a day of lower carbs (around 28 g). If I do 31-35 several days in a row it will kick me out of ketosis. I also have to offset those numbers by working out more that day or following up with IF. If you are not really trying to get into ketosis and just want to follow a low carb diet then it's much more flexible.0
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