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HELP! Grams to percentages of intake?!!?

kimtim2001 Posts: 4 Joined: 2002/10/03	2003/03/10, 10:41 AM Hi! I'm trying to figure out how many grams of each protien, carbs, and fat would be if i want to eat 45% carbs, 40% protien & 15% fat... I'm sure there's some way to figure this out... oh - and i'm trying to take in 1200 calories... thank you! kim
kimtim2001 Posts: 4 Joined: 2002/10/03	2003/03/10, 11:02 AM Hey - I found the information! Thanks for your help - just in case anyone else was wondering too - here it is... it came from this website... http://www.geocities.com/jgrrl2/howmuch.html How Much Should I Be Eating Per Day? Here is a brief overview of how to figure out how much you should be eating per day. To determine your daily caloric intake, take your current body weight and multiply by: 8-10 if you are mostly interested in losing body fat 12 if you want to gain muscle and lose fat 15 if you want to gain muscle (Example: 150 x 10 = 1500) *Note dont assume you only want to lose bodyfat! For every pound of muscle you gain, you can add 50 more calories a day! Muscle is the bodys natural fatburning furnace so if your daily calories seem way low, aim for building some muscle!* The Body For Life program is a 40/40/20 eating ratio meaining that 40% of your daily calories come from protein, 40% of your daily caloriescome from carbs and 20 % of your daily calories comesfrom fat. So as an example: 1500 x .40 = 600 calories from protein 1500 x .40 = 600 caloris from carbs 1500 x .20 = 300 calories from fat Now remember this: 1 gram of protein = 4 calories, 1 gram of carbs = 4 calories and 1 gram of fat = 9 calories. Then convert the above figures to grams: 600 divided by 4 calories per gram = 150 grams of protein 600 divided by 4 calories per gram = 150 grams of carbs 300 divided by 9 calories per gram = 33.3 grams of fat (The above is a daily total) Now break it down per meal ~ Body forLife requires 6 small meals: 150 grams divided by 6 = 25 grams of protein per meal 150 grams divided by 6 = 25 grams of carbs per meal 33.3 grams dvided by 6 = 5.5 grams of fat per meal So in this example, you would be eating 25 grams EACH of protein & carbs per BFL minimeal & 5.5 grams of fat! And the way to do this? PLAN! Plan out all your meals and you wont be tempted to stray off course!