Macros!

[Emailkariann 33]

Hey all!

I'm four months out an I am trying to start watching my macros. I try to keep my calories at 800-900 day, but for those of you that calculate macros...can you tell me how you calculate that and what your numbers looks like?

[RickM 1,747]

Beyond basic minimum Protein levels, I ignored macros. There are all kinds of fad diets out there that promote magical macro numbers or ratios, but the main thing that most promote are poor eating habits: "I can't have that fish - it's too much fat", or "I can't have that apple, it's too many carbs..."

I simply kept my protein at an appropriate level for my body type and aimed to get the best overall nutrition that I could with the remainder of my caloric budget. Overall, that wound up being an approximate caloric split between fats and carbohydrates, but that was incidental rather than a specific goal.