set macros from my personal trainer

ChefSuzzieQ
ChefSuzzieQ Posts: 119
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
I just hired a personal trainer, something I have wanted to do for awhile now. I got my nutrition guidelines from her, but now she is gone for the weekend. My goal is to drop fat and tone up. I am supposed to eat 6 times a day 293 cals 23g protein, fat from 6 up to 12 as the day goes on and carbs drop from 25 to 15 as the day goes on. Plus I guess non-starchy vegetables don't count? That part I don't really get.

I have been counting calories for 4 months now and have been losing on my own. I realize now that I was eating a ton of carbs, but this new plan is stressing me out. It is taking me forever t figure out what I can eat with what to try and hit all those numbers. Any advice until my trainer gets back from her trip?

How does anyone eat like this?

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  • George1567
    George1567 Posts: 107
    It sounds like her advice has helped you look into the breakdown of what you have been eating. The right carbs are important, but fats and protein percents need to be right up there too, even more so with resistant training. The number of times you eat a day has been around and around on the MFP boards, with me buying into your body does not work on an hourly or even a daily basis when it comes to food intake. I feel that eating how much (within your calorie goal) and when it works for your schedule is going to produce results. If she tries to push eating many times a day "keeps your metabolisim going" then it would be clear to me she is not up to date on nutrition and is pushing catch phrase advertisement from the last decade.

    I personally feel better and seem to sleep better if I eat the majority of my daily carbs earlier in the day. I do not think that changes anything when it comes to overall weight loss. I can go to the gym first thing in the morning on an empty stomach and have a solid workout, others do better if they eat first. If you find that you "feel good" in the gym and do solid work on days you eat in a certain way, then that is what you should do.

    Work with your trainer, her program should be adjustable to be individualized for each client. If you find that she has a "cookie cutter" plan that everyone must follow.....then I fear you may not be in the best situation for you.
  • ChefSuzzieQ
    ChefSuzzieQ Posts: 119
    Thank you. I am hoping that we can make adjustments next week. I don't know. Maybe I can change it to 4 meals and adjust the calories and macros per meal. It should just be simple math, right?
  • Lukazetta
    Lukazetta Posts: 427 Member
    I just hired a personal trainer, something I have wanted to do for awhile now. I got my nutrition guidelines from her, but now she is gone for the weekend. My goal is to drop fat and tone up. I am supposed to eat 6 times a day 293 cals 23g protein, fat from 6 up to 12 as the day goes on and carbs drop from 25 to 15 as the day goes on. Plus I guess non-starchy vegetables don't count? That part I don't really get.

    I have been counting calories for 4 months now and have been losing on my own. I realize now that I was eating a ton of carbs, but this new plan is stressing me out. It is taking me forever t figure out what I can eat with what to try and hit all those numbers. Any advice until my trainer gets back from her trip?

    How does anyone eat like this?

    That seem about right...

    This may also help you: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/532251-let-s-talk-about-the-gi-index
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    That seems very restrictive. Is there a reason your trainer wants you to eat 6 times per day and with a specific macro breakdown for each meal?

    I would also find out why your trainer wants you to taper carbs off as the day goes on.

    I'm not suggesting that this advice is going to be harmful, but it seems very unnecessary.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,337 Member
    That seems very restrictive. Is there a reason your trainer wants you to eat 6 times per day and with a specific macro breakdown for each meal?

    I would also find out why your trainer wants you to taper carbs off as the day goes on.

    I'm not suggesting that this advice is going to be harmful, but it seems very unnecessary.

    ^^^^^^
    THIS!
  • ChefSuzzieQ
    ChefSuzzieQ Posts: 119
    I don't know. Like I said she gave this to me right before leaving for a trip (just the weekend) and forgot to give me the sample menu. I am very new to this. I think the 6 times can from the fact that I told her I usually snack twice a day, but I also only paid attention to calories and not my macros really and sometimes a snack was only like 100-150 calories.

    I am thinking I can adjust the cals per meal and macros as long as I stay under the overall goal of 1760 (food calories no messing with exercise calories) and the 35, 30 35 split. I am playing with is but was looking for input.

    I did a 400 cal dinner since I am not going to eat all 6 times a day and just upped the values for everything accordingly. That would be the "right" way to do that right? I am just not patient enough to wait for her to go over this on Tuesday and was trying to figure some of it out for myself, with the help of MFP and all you.

    Thanks,
  • ChefSuzzieQ
    ChefSuzzieQ Posts: 119
    oh and the goal is to tone up, while losing fat. I don't want to just drop pounds and lose my muscle mass.
  • kayers26
    kayers26 Posts: 9
    I'll leave the macro discussion to everyone else. Eating 6 times a day for me anyway, helps me select the good foods to eat. Its not about keeping up a metabolism, etc. I LOVE food, which is what got most of us to the heavy weights we were. Eating something throughout the day keeps me from getting really hungry and then focusing on what I want to eat instead of what I should. For example, when I stick to a breakfast, lunch, and dinner schedule at some point I get really hungry and begin thinking about that cheeseburger that I have been craving, the pizza I haven't had in forever, or the chinese food that tasted delicious. I eventually end up talking myself into having a cheat day or splurging "just this once". Of course, after I've eaten and am no longer hungry I realize, "I shouldn't have eaten that".

    I realize I do this, and sometimes can stop myself, but not always. It's something I struggle with each day, but I have found that if I have breakfast, a mid-morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, then an evening snack I do not get to the point of not thinking about my food choices before a meal.

    I work with a personal trainer twice a week too and love it. She really pushes me a little further than I think I can go, which helps me in my own workouts. Good luck!
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