Somebody please help me!

tanakz
tanakz Posts: 10 Member
edited November 21 in Food and Nutrition
So I'm trying to start a macro counting diet. I stared at 175lbs and just did a simple diet where I cut my calories and did weight training and cardio 5 days a week. I am now down to 157lbs and I feel really lean. I'm 5'8" by the way. But now I'm feeling alot weaker in my weight training and I'm starting to lose energy during my cardio exercises. So now I figured I want to up my calories but do it the right way by counting my macros. I've decided to go with 2,728 calories on training days. Those calories will come from 30% fat 30% protien and 40% carbs. I've been searching the internet for 3 days now trying to figure out how I'm going to approach this diet but I cannot figure this out. I want to just prep one large meal that will meet my macros for the day and just eat that one meal through out the day in 3 seperate sittings. Every time I come up with a recipe I either fall short on one macro or go over on another. I don't usually ask these types of questions on the internet but at this point I am banging my head on my table trying to figure this out. So my question is how do you guys approach a diet like this? Any tips and advice on how to make this easier?

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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    What are your goals?
    Not all the macros are going to add up everyday.
    • Eat enough fat and protein. O.K. to go over.
    • Carbs can be more or they can be less -- their numbers do not matter as much.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    You don't need to be 100% on point. A slight variation in macros from day to day is bound to happen. No one is hitting all macros accurately every single day. The difference between 180 and 200 grams of protein isn't that significant. To save yourself the headache, determine a minimum of macros you wish to eat in grams and leave the rest to flexibility. Alternatively, give yourself a range for each macro.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    tanakz wrote: »
    So I'm trying to start a macro counting diet. I stared at 175lbs and just did a simple diet where I cut my calories and did weight training and cardio 5 days a week. I am now down to 157lbs and I feel really lean. I'm 5'8" by the way. But now I'm feeling alot weaker in my weight training and I'm starting to lose energy during my cardio exercises. So now I figured I want to up my calories but do it the right way by counting my macros. I've decided to go with 2,728 calories on training days. Those calories will come from 30% fat 30% protien and 40% carbs. I've been searching the internet for 3 days now trying to figure out how I'm going to approach this diet but I cannot figure this out. I want to just prep one large meal that will meet my macros for the day and just eat that one meal through out the day in 3 seperate sittings. Every time I come up with a recipe I either fall short on one macro or go over on another. I don't usually ask these types of questions on the internet but at this point I am banging my head on my table trying to figure this out. So my question is how do you guys approach a diet like this? Any tips and advice on how to make this easier?

    Here is a group does OneMealADay -- OMAD

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/20634-omad-revolution

  • tanakz
    tanakz Posts: 10 Member
    Thank you guys for the replies. I'm trying to be flexible and I am aware that being off by a little on my numbers is not a big deal. It's just the approach and planning towards this is really giving me a hard time. For example, if I hit my
    numbers for protien or carbs and fall very short on another macro I then can make up for the ones I fall short of but then I will go way over for the one that I hit. I just wish I could plug in my macro needs someplace and it will just tell me what to make lol but I know it aint that easy but I'm willing to put in the work and master this craft. The more tips and advice really helps, thanks guys.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    edited September 2017
    Set minimums for protein and fat and then just eat to your calorie goal in whatever eating pattern suits you.
    Will achieve exactly the same benefits with far less restriction and anxiety.
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