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percentages of fat/protein/carbs?

danielleisms
danielleisms Posts: 42 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Do you all follow the "guided" MFP recommendations or do you use the custom option? If you use custom, what percentage breakdown do you use for fat/protein/carbs and why? Please share! :)

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  • PinkAndSparkle
    PinkAndSparkle Posts: 324
    I do 40 Carbs/30 Fat/30 Protein. It's what my trainer suggested and it keeps my carbs lower and my protein higher per day.
  • Toddrific
    Toddrific Posts: 1,114 Member
    I do the 40/30/30 because it is hip!
    Also, it's generally recommended you eat 1g of protein per 1lb of lean body mass. And 40/30/30 gets you there.
    Same with fat at about 0.25g per 1lb of total body mass.
  • KelseyDawn84
    KelseyDawn84 Posts: 129 Member
    I aim for 1g protein/lb of body weight
    About 0.4g fat/lb body weight
    And carbs to make up the rest.

    I also used a bunch of other online calculators to calculate my BMR and adjusted my calorie goals so I eat more than my BMR. MFP had a pretty low BMR calculation for me compared to other calculations, and it had me eating less than my BMR. After a lot of research I decided to adjust everything higher than MFP suggested and I think it was the healthier, more sustainable choice for me.
  • danielleisms
    danielleisms Posts: 42 Member
    Thank you for the input! It's good to hear what is working for others!
  • ladyraven68
    ladyraven68 Posts: 2,003 Member
    Do you all follow the "guided" MFP recommendations or do you use the custom option? If you use custom, what percentage breakdown do you use for fat/protein/carbs and why? Please share! :)

    I'm another on 40C, 30F, and 30P.

    I love the pie chart on the phone app that tells you what your %'s are.
  • mariobadr
    mariobadr Posts: 58 Member
    I do 50/25/25 carbs/fat/protein, but I'm usually over on protein
  • shirsch52
    shirsch52 Posts: 19
    I try to do 45C / 30P / 25F; that said I usually end up around 50C / 30P / 20F - and things still all work out. I just have a hard time getting those carbs down because I LOVE my fruit!
  • danielleisms
    danielleisms Posts: 42 Member
    Seems like the 40/30/30 is pretty popular! Thanks all!
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