Group: Specific Diets & Nutrition

Specific Diets & Nutrition
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 104, Messages: 22775

With so many diets and nutritional plans out there, you can get lost. Find out what works best for others and share your experiences!

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My diet macro nutrients...

nikkilind
nikkilind
Posts: 100
Joined: 2005/02/11
United States
2005/05/15, 03:31 PM
Wow, this has been extremely enlightening. The last few days, I've been tracking my calories/protein/carbs/fats and calculating the % of my diet each of the three comes from.

The last few days I've got:

- 1724 cals: 158g/165g/29g; 41%/42%/17%
- 1520 cals: 127g/207g/23g; 33%/54%/13%

Using 4 cals/g protein and carbs & 9 cals/g fats. My over-riding goal per day is:

- between 1500-1700 cals; 176g/352g/29g for p/c/f
- this equates to approximately 30%/59%/11%

But I've read that it's better to keep fats closer to 15% for metabolism/fat loss. What have you guys heard? And according to FT, I should be eating in the 2300 cal range?!? I don't think I'm going to do that. I'm full w/ what I've got! Do I sound like I'm doing this correctly? It's with about 6 meals/day, mostly natural & unprocessed.

I love this - it's so interesting to track!
DX14AG
DX14AG
Posts: 1,055
Joined: 2004/07/22
United States
2005/05/15, 09:05 PM
I think that you might want to add some more protein in your diet, but other than that, you are doing so well! Congrdulations and keep up the good work.

DX