MACRO HELP

hurleycutie142
hurleycutie142 Posts: 479 Member
edited November 26 in Health and Weight Loss
I am so irritated and need some help

Okay so i am 183lbs 5'4 work a desk job.

I was watching christian guzman (1st mistake) and calculated my macros

his calculations for me look like this.
2020 calories
135g of protein
54g fat
200g carb

then i went to IIFYM which is something everyone follows and it states
1613 calories
123g of protein
128g carb
68g of fat

big difference.


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  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    Why not use MFP?
  • hurleycutie142
    hurleycutie142 Posts: 479 Member
    I do use MFP which is why im here. but they low ball marcos to 1200 which for someone who trains is not healthy.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/819055/setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets/p1
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    That's debatable. The guidance could have been better, but you get 1200 calories if you select an unhealthy weightloss rate.
  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    hurleycutie142 wrote: »
    I do use MFP which is why im here. but they low ball marcos to 1200 which for someone who trains is not healthy.

    The other calculations would have exercise already included. With MFP it is expected that you eat 1200 plus your calories burnt while exercising.
  • andreaen
    andreaen Posts: 365 Member
    edited April 2018
    Do you know your maintenance calories?
    How much are you planning to lose and how fast?
    Are you planning to increase cardio?


    I think the MFP calculations are often very far off, possibly because people choose the wrong levels for activity and goals, but just an observation. If you train and you haven't done any extreme diets which has lowered your metabolism I woul'd rather go with Guzman's numbers first and then adjust down by reducing carbs if you don't lose the desired amount of weight after a few weeks.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    You got 1200 because you chose too steep of a goal. If you chose 2 lbs, try 1.5, 1, or even 0.5. Keep in mind that this is the NET intake MFP wants you to eat. Any exercise you do gets added and your calories go up (for example, I'm set to 1450 calories to lose 1 lb a week, and when I exercise 350 calories worth MFP wants me to eat 1800).
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