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    MACRO HELP weight 185 age 23

    Posts: 14 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
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    I'm trying to cut down, can someone look at my macro and let me know if this will work.

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    • Posts: 17,890 Member
      edited January 2018
      Your sex, age, weight and and goal weight dictates a higher calorie target than 1500. 2000 is probably much more effective. MFP's default macro split is fine. You can try prelogging if you aren't already. Don't you eat any vegetables?
    • Posts: 14 Member
      Sorry can you explain prelogging ?
    • Posts: 4 Member
      Try setting your day the night before. Pre log what you are going to eat...prepare for it so you don’t have to think about it the next day. I have been logging for almost 6 months and stay on track the best when I take the time to prepare for next day.
    • Posts: 17,890 Member
      rei9 wrote: »
      Sorry can you explain prelogging ?
      You log your food before you eat it, not after - that way you can remove or add items, or adjust amounts, so that you can hit your targets. It's very difficult to do that after you've eaten ;)
    • Posts: 14 Member
      Guys the thing is I eat the same thing every day ... lol what I posted is what I eat, I’ll have a cheat meal or something every Saturday ( like fish or something clean ) do you think this is good or should I increase calories taken because I’m losing a lot of muscle while cutting ?
    • Posts: 32 Member
      you can get the unsweetened almond milk, that will help get the sugar down,
    • Posts: 17,890 Member
      edited January 2018
      rei9 wrote: »
      Guys the thing is I eat the same thing every day ... lol what I posted is what I eat, I’ll have a cheat meal or something every Saturday ( like fish or something clean ) do you think this is good or should I increase calories taken because I’m losing a lot of muscle while cutting ?
      I personally think you should do it the other way around - aim to eat a lot of different foods from day to day, but roughly the same amount of calories from day to day, not have cheat meals, and not restrict yourself to certain foods or divide foods into clean and "unclean".

      If you feel that it's hard to stick to your calorie target, that you're hungry a lot - even with a more varied and balanced diet, or you are losing muscle(!), you should adjust your calorie target until you find a comfortable level where you lose weight, but feel fine.
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      rei9 wrote: »
      Guys the thing is I eat the same thing every day ... lol what I posted is what I eat, I’ll have a cheat meal or something every Saturday ( like fish or something clean ) do you think this is good or should I increase calories taken because I’m losing a lot of muscle while cutting ?

      Your calorie goal is 1500, you've eaten 460 cals over that. So no, if 1960 isn't a deficit, it won't work.
    • Posts: 14 Member
      Ignore the calorie goal it’s not accurate, body fat 14 % my calorie maintaining weight is 2500,
    • Posts: 34,598 Member
      edited January 2018
      nm don't want to defend.
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      rei9 wrote: »
      Ignore the calorie goal it’s not accurate, body fat 14 % my calorie maintaining weight is 2500,

      So why not set your calorie goal appropriately?

      Are you trying to lose, gain or maintain?
    • Posts: 6 Member
      For breakfast try cutting down to 1/2 a banana instead of of 2 whole bananas..820 calorie/ 79 sugar preakfast is ALOFT for 1 meal...& for lunch I believe 4 oz of meat would be more accurate vs eating 1 lb. Also I believe you could get a different kind of brown rice that won't be 340 grams of calories per 1/2 cup that seems like a lot..
    • Posts: 16,011 Member
      I'm a little confused by this whole thread. But to maintain muscle while losing weight, you want to avoid losing weight too fast, do some kind of resistance training, and get enough protein (the prevailing advice is 0.8g per lb of body weight). Within those parameters, eat whatever you want. If you'd like to aim for a healthy diet, make sure you get enough fat and fiber as well and eat a varied diet.
    • Posts: 14 Member
      Sorry for the confusion guys , basically I just wanted to know if my current diet in which I cook everyday is accurate for cutting with my age, weight and body fat percentage.
    • Posts: 11,750 Member
      rei9 wrote: »
      Sorry for the confusion guys , basically I just wanted to know if my current diet in which I cook everyday is accurate for cutting with my age, weight and body fat percentage.

      Are you losing? How fast/how much per week? Surely you can determine whether what your doing is "right" based on that?

      Personally, I'd say your logging isn't very accurate and your actual diet is severely lacking.
    • Posts: 1 Member
      I realize this doesn't exactly answer what you asked, but did you log the chicken breast for lunch correctly? You logged a pound of chicken breast. If that's not correct, your calorie count and macros for that day would change quite a bit.
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