percentage of carbs, proteins, etc

erogers287
erogers287 Posts: 3 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
With a total of 1200 calories per day, what is a good balance in percentages of carbs, fat, protein?

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    We need more info. What are you goals outside of weight loss? Do you exercise? What are your height andweight?
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,226 Member
    While I second Psu's questions, the MFP default percentages aren't a bad start for most people. While you decide whether you'd like to change them, working on getting fat and protein close to the MFP percentages (as minimums, not maximums, so over is fine) is a good start.

    Not always true, but it's not unusual for 1200 to be a goal women get if they've selected a too-aggressive loss rate for their current body size. If that's true, the fat and protein goals may be too low, in part because there just calorically isn't room for ideal nutrition. If your MFP weight loss rate is higher than 0.5% of your current weight per week, 1% at the absolute most, consider a slower loss rate (unless at severe health risk because of current weight, and under close medical supervision for nutritional adequacy on low calories).
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    psuLemon wrote: »
    We need more info. What are you goals outside of weight loss? Do you exercise? What are your height andweight?

    This.

    That said, at 1200 (if it's really appropriate, as it is for some), I think the protein default is often too low and 40 (carbs)-30-30 can be a good alternative place to start, unless you know you will be adding cals from exercise regularly.
  • Shy_Yogi
    Shy_Yogi Posts: 101 Member
    I try to stay low carb so my macros are 20/40/40 at 1200 calories.

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