Setting Macros

cargoldliuk
cargoldliuk Posts: 2 Member
edited January 2020 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone,

2 years ago I lost 39kg in 8 months
April 2018 - 124kg
December 2018 - 85kg

I mainly followed a low-calories diet (monitoring calories daily from MFP) made up of 1200 kcal for the first 3 months, 1400kcal for 3 months, 1600kcal the last 3, and keeping total fat very low.

Workout: Gym (mainly, if not exclusively, cardio in the first 6 months) + Swimming pool + Bike (at least 100km per week) for a total of 5 workouts per week

During 2019 I stopped the diet in order to maintain 1800-1900 kcal daily nutrition and continued with the workout program mainly at the gym adding weightlifting to the cardio.
Now I have recovered a few kg (unfortunately not all muscles :neutral: ) and I have reached 91 / 92kg.

Long story short: I am restarting the diet because I would like to "attack" these last kg and reach my 80kg goal (I am 178cm tall), so I am starting a close monitoring with 1600kcal MFP, but I would like to start working better on macros rather than on calories.

In your opinion, how could I do to set them in the best way? is there any article, suggestion that I can follow to better understand how to manage them?
Currently I set 45-25-35 where the 35 for fat are due to the fact that I have inserted a series of "good" fats that I have avoided throughout the diet (dried fruit and seeds for the greater part).

You say I'm doing well? or should I just resume a low-calorie diet by checking fat as it did 2 years ago?

Thanks to those who can give me some advice

Luca

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