Weighing and tracking my food in MyFitnessPal was an absolute game changer for me. Before that, I pretty much had no idea how many calories I was eating and even less of a clue as to the macro breakdown. Between that and throwing myself whole-heartedly into CrossFit, I've lost over 70 lbs and am probably in the best shape of my life three years away from 50. I am now increasing my caloric intake (slowly but significantly) and experimenting with the macro's as I train to get stronger and improve performance but without this kind of data, I would be flying blind!
Same here......I dropped 30 pounds just by actually tracking what I ate. Turns out I had been eating about 400+ calories worth of peanut butter a day....lol I was over eating about 5 or 600 calories a day in total and once I saw it, it was easy to remove :)
I think something else that’s important for starters to know is that you don’t have to balance every meal to the percentages. You can have high protein in one meal, high carb the next...etc as long as the number are good at the end of the day. Once you get more advanced, then timing of them can be important but not for the vast majority of us common folk who aren’t training for the games. 👍🏼
I eat avacado toast almost every morning. So good. I eat it with 2 eggs and a 50g protein shake. Breakfast is after my workout. I am trying to put on some muscle so I do 30% carb, 30% fat, 40% protein. I eat about 2200 calories. I use MyFitnessPal too. Starting using it last summer.
Thank you for this video. You’re on the point. I’ve seen like 10 videos to try and understand, and you helped me a lot. Plus you’re very friendly! Thank you very much. Very underrated Chanel.
I do love this , not long started using macros and I’m a bit low on the protein so going to increase it a bit more in my meals , I should hit my target or there about,s
This was super helpful I've tried multiple nutritionist and none of them ever worked I felt bit it was because I could never track my macros right . This was perfect and also I feel I could come back and rewatch it in case I forget something. 👍💪👊💖
I’ve been keto for medical reasons since before I started CrossFit, end I absolutely love it for endurance/energy. I do enjoy macro counting and experimenting with different ratios of healthy fats.
Everything was explained so perfectly! Thanks for sharing such an informative video! I've been on keto for almost 1 year and I wanna go back to "normal", it's so wierd to have carbs for me now! But my workout performances are way better when I have them! I just need control and that's why I loved this video so much 🙏
Love you channel, strength training videos and nutrition videos! Quick question about this video…why such low protein? Shouldn’t it be at 1g of protein per pound of body weight?
I have a question??? So for example I have diced potatoes & eggs for breakfast I use olive oil to cook both in regards to the potatoes I drain the remaining oil and use paper towels to soak up as much of the oil as possible from the potatoes so I’m sure you see where I’m going with this how would I calculate that? Thank you for your time I appreciate it
Thanks for this I am going to start count my macros because I try to restrict my calories and some days it is just fine and I have lots of energy and others I have no energy at all I think it could be from the types of foods i am eating
Interesting facts you shared about calories, fat & protein. Where do I find the formula for the macro tool at? Do I use the macro tool for any meal I have? Great explanation on this topic. I learned a lot about the macro tool that I could use.
I swear your videos definitely helping me! I’m on day 4 and it’s going okay! One day at a time as you stated to me! Hopefully I will tough it out and continue along with my journey! I definitely need to challenge my body with my nutrition! Ty again definitely keeping it simple🙂
As someone who lives a sedentary lifestyle who ONLY wants to lose weight... what should my percentages be? Sorry if you said this and it went over my head. I’m brand spanking new to macros 😅
Kristi! I have a question. I hope you can help me. I have a lot of questions. One question I have is does the protein decrease after you cook a chicken breast? Meaning if one chicken breast has 23G protein & 1.5G fat raw and I cook it now it weighs less, does the 23g of protein & 1.5G of fat decreases?
Thank you! This is a great video and you are very inspiring! I watched a video of yours on macros (I’m honestly not sure if it was another one now!😂) where you mentioned different macros for different body types (Endomorphic, etc) and you referenced a nutrition book where you drew those numbers from, can you tell me the name of the book you referenced? Thank you so much for your time!❤
I think your great! I feel like this is so much still 😕 maybe it’s because I’m terrible in math. Do you feel this is harder to do with meals for family? It would be like I would need to separate my meals.
Thank you for doing this video. I have been trying to figure this out. I train x5 to 6 a week for about 1.5hrs. What would you suggest would be macro percentages?
What if you meal prep something like chili with all the ingredients mixed in together? How would you figure out the macros when taking from big mixed together meal each day?
Thank you for the video..question for you. I notice that MFP lets you add in the exercise you did that day and adds available calories back to your total. Should I ignore that and just focus on the macro grams instead? I'm always tempted to let myself eat more because I have available calories at the end of the day since it factored in exercise. I'm thinking the idea is to factor in activity level before you even calculate the macro numbers to begin with?
So my question is, how do I choose my percentages? I want to lose weight and lean out but does that mean I have more or less of what macro? That's why I'm stuck lol
Contact a dietitian. The reason why many youtubers dont say what is "best" is because them telling you what percentages to eat is them basically saying what diet to be on. Diets like Paleo, Keto, etc. are just diets that change precentges of macros, and a dietitian will be able to tell you what percentages/diet, will work best for you personally. Also dont forget, eating techniques help lose weight too via metabolism boosting, for example intermitant fasting. "Diets" and "Balanced meals" are a complex machine. I am not a nutritionist or dietitian, but from my experience, using the grams of macros to their calories gives pretty good prectange ballparks for losing weight, so 40% carb, 40% protien, and 20% fat, along with cutting out around 500 or so calories a day is a pretty good starting point, I think at least. Hope this gave you an idea from my experience, and I hope you reach out to a dietitian soon to get to where you want. Best of Luck!
There is an online calculator for macros. Depending on your weight depends on how much protein you should eat. For example I am 125 lbs, so I have 1 gram protein per body weight. Someone that is very over weight such as 300 lbs. it would not make sense to have 1 gram per body weight. It would be impossible to consume that much protein in a day and wouldn’t be healthy. So find the calculator and it should figure out your macros and calories for you. Hope this helps and makes sense!
How do I know how many calories I should have in a day to even start counting macros? I have watched several videos and I'm still confused on how to count and calculate all of this.
I know people go back and forth with dairy. It's good/bad. I was wondering what your take was on it and if you eat it on a daily? I love avocado toast with an egg as well. It's so yummy with the everything but the bagel seasoning too. I will have to try it with a tomato. Thanks for another great video. Have a great weekend.
Hey Travis, fancy seeing you here!! I would recommend this nutrition lecture by Barbell Medicine. The company's run by two powerlifters who happen to also be physicians as well. I've learned so much about nutrition and more because they're simply a gold mine of knowledge. Enjoy. ruclips.net/video/a08W22FSGNA/видео.html (Part 1) ruclips.net/video/qg2UlG4QsSM/видео.html (Part 2)
can you add the grams used for food on paper so for exsample for protein needed is 100g so apple has 30g bannana has 55g and grapes have 15g ( not really tho) so would you do 55+30+15= 100g
wd b better if u had a camera aimed at the counter with food scale and food items in little dishes ON the scale to show how MUCH visually each proper food choice shd look like size wise and weigh.
Is it true eggs has tons have tons of fat? I don't want to overdue on fats. I eat 4 eggs a day and my trainer says I eat way too much on fats. Is that true?
I've been using the lose it app ... and some food have fat protein and carbs in it....same with avacado- same with eggs.... am i suppose to add the grams on the nutrition facts? Or the, for example, avacado grams(30g)? This might be a dumb question but I need clarity
HI, 30g of avocado is the weight! 30g of avocado consists of 48 total calories, on average about 4.4g of Fat, 0.6g of Protein and 2.56g of Carbs make up the 48 calories for the 30g of weight in avocado! I hope that helps! Eggs are about 70 calories, contain 5 g of Fat and 6g of Protein
@kristieramo Thanks for putting out nutritional knowledge bombs every so often. Also, love the workout videos of course. You and @patrickoconnell remind me and my gf a lot of ourselves. So, it's fun to watch. We're both respectively the same size as you two, and enjoy doing some of yall's partner workouts. She's a little tough on herself with calories, but I keep telling her she can handle it. This type of info further helps to ingrain that. Thanks a ton!
I have a big issue so I do know how much calories I need for the day , and the percentages of carbs , proteins and fats The thing is on my first meal I run out of all my grams of protein I should eat on the day , and my calories are still low Plus I be starving all day 🥲
Hop on to a calorie calculator website where you can enter your height, weight and how active you are for a rough idea. I doubt you're using up all your protein unless you're eating half a kilo of steak and 6 eggs for breakfast.
How do you calculate how much percentage of carbs/fat/protein. Is it always going to be 50/30/20 ...I currently weight 190 , 5’2 age 29. And of course I want to lose weight & then build muscle.
😩😩😩I’m confused. Why is keto so damn hard. Started a month ago, lost 17lbs per my digital scale. Week 4 terrible. Already plateau. Now it show I lost only 9. Did I gain it back that quick? First two weeks was three keto meal daily. Next two was OMAD ate only at 6pm daily w/ no hunger (ex: baked chkn keto veg 1cup cooked apprx) Blood sugar and B/P #’s are great but weight loss sucks. What am I doing wrong? How can I drop this 255lb weight, any answers....if I give you my #’s can you tell me what and how much to eat? Do I really need a scale? Help😩😩😩
I struggled with which diet to pick etc.......I gained 30 lbs on keto... I lost it by literally counting my calories. And yes, weighing food. Us humans are incredibly bad at eyeballing how much food we eat. Heres the secret. Find out your TDEE Find your BMR To cut fat....eat 25% less calories than your TDEE........ Track your calories.......as the weeks go by, you'll start burning off the fat. Its all about calories. Fat is just stored energy/calories. Eat less than you burn! I eat 50% carbs.....25% protein and 25% fat and dropped 30 pounds :) I highly recommend reading Bigger Leaner Stronger by Mike Matthews
@@St3veWK Exactly, just focus on your macros and caloric deficit no need for keto, IF, or whatever random diet. Your goal should be to form a life changing habit not pick up a diet to lose 30 lbs then gain it right back after.
I still dont understand macros recording. Do you just test out the foot to find things that fit within your numbers? Weighing things makes sense but if I get a caprese salad or something each thing is individual and in theory is part of each section? Macros is incredibly confusing for me :(
Get an app to track it for you. So if you eat an egg, 150g of chicken and 100g of rice that's what you put in and it will tell you how much protein etc.
I'd drop my carbs and fats and maintain my protein if I wanted to lose weight. So if you need 2500 cals to maintain, aim for something like 2200 cals while still keeping the same amount of protein for your weight.
I still don’t understand how to know how many grams of a certain food to eat that would be equivalent to certain amount of macros like do I how do I know how many grams of avocado to eat ?
Hi! It depends on how many grams of fat you are wanting to eat. You can eat more or less avocado to eat more or less fat at a time. For example, 50g of an Avocado has about 8g of fat.
So let's say my percentage of fat intake daily is 66grams, is it total a day or 66 grams each meal?? Sorry I'm starting this macro lifestyle and it confuses me.
She does seem very nice buuuuut, I’m going to have to poke some holes in this video. So macros don’t matter. If you lift just make sure to get your protein in but your carb to fat ratio doesn’t matter. If you’re losing weight you ultimately need to be in a deficit. I’m not saying avoid any macro but ratios don’t matter. And there are actually 4 macro nutrients. Ketones are considered a macro for keto people. She said fat is the most satiating macro also false. Protein is the most. She said fat is just a little more calories than carbs. It’s more than double. Fitness apps have known to be off so I wouldn’t trust those. She didn’t mention fit bits bits those are wrong too. The real fit bit is a scale. Counting macros isn’t bad or wrong but it’s not needed. All and all I like her message.
Weighing and tracking my food in MyFitnessPal was an absolute game changer for me. Before that, I pretty much had no idea how many calories I was eating and even less of a clue as to the macro breakdown. Between that and throwing myself whole-heartedly into CrossFit, I've lost over 70 lbs and am probably in the best shape of my life three years away from 50. I am now increasing my caloric intake (slowly but significantly) and experimenting with the macro's as I train to get stronger and improve performance but without this kind of data, I would be flying blind!
Same here......I dropped 30 pounds just by actually tracking what I ate. Turns out I had been eating about 400+ calories worth of peanut butter a day....lol
I was over eating about 5 or 600 calories a day in total and once I saw it, it was easy to remove :)
SteveWK thanks for your insight! I’m looking to start
I think something else that’s important for starters to know is that you don’t have to balance every meal to the percentages. You can have high protein in one meal, high carb the next...etc as long as the number are good at the end of the day. Once you get more advanced, then timing of them can be important but not for the vast majority of us common folk who aren’t training for the games. 👍🏼
Kristi, it's really great to see your channel grow! Keep up the good work with all the great content!
She seems like the nicest you tuber going
id second that lol!
@@patrickoconnell2380 I third
She is !
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best video ive seen explaining the breakdown of macro counting -thank you👍👍👍
I eat avacado toast almost every morning. So good. I eat it with 2 eggs and a 50g protein shake. Breakfast is after my workout. I am trying to put on some muscle so I do 30% carb, 30% fat, 40% protein. I eat about 2200 calories.
I use MyFitnessPal too. Starting using it last summer.
I was wanting to get away from the phone kinda detoxing from it. But you are a perfect 😊💕
Reults in 6 - 12 months? I wanted to see results by this Thursday. Dang.
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This is exactly what I needed today!! Thanks Kristi!
Thank you for this video. You’re on the point. I’ve seen like 10 videos to try and understand, and you helped me a lot. Plus you’re very friendly! Thank you very much. Very underrated Chanel.
I have been looking for this explanation! I finally feel like I get it!
I do love this , not long started using macros and I’m a bit low on the protein so going to increase it a bit more in my meals , I should hit my target or there about,s
Best explanation of macros and how to figure them out for your diet.
This was super helpful I've tried multiple nutritionist and none of them ever worked I felt bit it was because I could never track my macros right . This was perfect and also I feel I could come back and rewatch it in case I forget something. 👍💪👊💖
just starting out with my weight loss and my fitness pal journey and this was great, thank you
I’ve been keto for medical reasons since before I started CrossFit, end I absolutely love it for endurance/energy. I do enjoy macro counting and experimenting with different ratios of healthy fats.
I also noticed in the first video I watch! When you weight your chicken beast you do grams instead of ounces! I did that for my lunch so helpful!
Everything was explained so perfectly! Thanks for sharing such an informative video! I've been on keto for almost 1 year and I wanna go back to "normal", it's so wierd to have carbs for me now! But my workout performances are way better when I have them! I just need control and that's why I loved this video so much 🙏
That intro 🔥🔥🔥
Love you channel, strength training videos and nutrition videos!
Quick question about this video…why such low protein? Shouldn’t it be at 1g of protein per pound of body weight?
Am I the only one that notice when the toaster went off? You didn’t even break. A+ 😂
haha 🤣✌🏼
Nobody lie the toaster at 2:00 scared you too.
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I think fiber should be a macro as well but she did add that into the carbs. Nicest RUclipsr I watch haha.
Thank you for the video.
Awesome vlog. Would really enjoy the foods you eat and full day of eating..Possibly different foods you eat and cook....
This is super helpful. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
this is literally the perfect video
Thanks for watching!
I have a question??? So for example I have diced potatoes & eggs for breakfast I use olive oil to cook both in regards to the potatoes I drain the remaining oil and use paper towels to soak up as much of the oil as possible from the potatoes so I’m sure you see where I’m going with this how would I calculate that? Thank you for your time I appreciate it
Thanks for this I am going to start count my macros because I try to restrict my calories and some days it is just fine and I have lots of energy and others I have no energy at all I think it could be from the types of foods i am eating
I like how you broke things down. Thank you 🙌🏽
Awesome!!
Interesting facts you shared about calories, fat & protein. Where do I find the formula for the macro tool at? Do I use the macro tool for any meal I have? Great explanation on this topic. I learned a lot about the macro tool that I could use.
Music playlist is 🔥.
I swear your videos definitely helping me! I’m on day 4 and it’s going okay! One day at a time as you stated to me! Hopefully I will tough it out and continue along with my journey! I definitely need to challenge my body with my nutrition! Ty again definitely keeping it simple🙂
Thanks for the videos .. what do you do with the yolks?
Clear and concise thank u sooooo much!!
As someone who lives a sedentary lifestyle who ONLY wants to lose weight... what should my percentages be? Sorry if you said this and it went over my head. I’m brand spanking new to macros 😅
Thank you!! It was very informative!!
Very helpful video, thank you!
Thank you for posting this!
You're very likeable and authentic. Thank you for this post.
THANK YOU! I really appreciate that!!!
Kristi! I have a question. I hope you can help me. I have a lot of questions. One question I have is does the protein decrease after you cook a chicken breast? Meaning if one chicken breast has 23G protein & 1.5G fat raw and I cook it now it weighs less, does the 23g of protein & 1.5G of fat decreases?
Thank you! This is a great video and you are very inspiring! I watched a video of yours on macros (I’m honestly not sure if it was another one now!😂) where you mentioned different macros for different body types (Endomorphic, etc) and you referenced a nutrition book where you drew those numbers from, can you tell me the name of the book you referenced? Thank you so much for your time!❤
I think it was the Precision Nutrition textbook for the certified nutrition coach training
I think your great! I feel like this is so much still 😕 maybe it’s because I’m terrible in math. Do you feel this is harder to do with meals for family? It would be like I would need to separate my meals.
would it be ok to eat less carbs in the beginning stages of trying to lose weight to achieve weight loss faster?
Nice and simple thanks
Quick question: should you have weighed the eggs too?
Thank you for doing this video. I have been trying to figure this out. I train x5 to 6 a week for about 1.5hrs. What would you suggest would be macro percentages?
Excellent break down as usual!
Holy crap that intro!
How come you choose 50/30/20
Do I have the link to the scale you use? Thanks for this video
Thank you. This was very helpful!
Gracias 😍 I was confused but now I'm not
What if you meal prep something like chili with all the ingredients mixed in together? How would you figure out the macros when taking from big mixed together meal each day?
Hi Kristi! Do you think the 50-20-30% is a general rule to follow? I am close to those percentages but i can always adjust. Thank you!
It will vary based on different factors. (Your personal calorie intake, goals for weightloss or weight gain, hormones, etc.)
How should i calculate fibre into my cal intake along with the main macronutrients?
I love you already thanks for the Guide
What made you choose 50/30/20?
What bread did you use
I know I don’t eat enough for fuel so it’s definitely helping
Can you please advise how to calculate calories if I'm 58 menopausal woman and want to lose weight?
When weighing your protein does it have to be raw or cook?
Thank you for the video..question for you. I notice that MFP lets you add in the exercise you did that day and adds available calories back to your total. Should I ignore that and just focus on the macro grams instead? I'm always tempted to let myself eat more because I have available calories at the end of the day since it factored in exercise. I'm thinking the idea is to factor in activity level before you even calculate the macro numbers to begin with?
So my question is, how do I choose my percentages? I want to lose weight and lean out but does that mean I have more or less of what macro? That's why I'm stuck lol
Contact a dietitian. The reason why many youtubers dont say what is "best" is because them telling you what percentages to eat is them basically saying what diet to be on. Diets like Paleo, Keto, etc. are just diets that change precentges of macros, and a dietitian will be able to tell you what percentages/diet, will work best for you personally. Also dont forget, eating techniques help lose weight too via metabolism boosting, for example intermitant fasting. "Diets" and "Balanced meals" are a complex machine.
I am not a nutritionist or dietitian, but from my experience, using the grams of macros to their calories gives pretty good prectange ballparks for losing weight, so 40% carb, 40% protien, and 20% fat, along with cutting out around 500 or so calories a day is a pretty good starting point, I think at least.
Hope this gave you an idea from my experience, and I hope you reach out to a dietitian soon to get to where you want. Best of Luck!
That’s why you need a sports nutrition coach or a dietitian to evaluate your lifestyle
@@jonwalters485 thank u am u cleared sm confusion
@@PRgencoupe I want to Be my own nutritionist hmph :’(
There is an online calculator for macros. Depending on your weight depends on how much protein you should eat. For example I am 125 lbs, so I have 1 gram protein per body weight. Someone that is very over weight such as 300 lbs. it would not make sense to have 1 gram per body weight. It would be impossible to consume that much protein in a day and wouldn’t be healthy. So find the calculator and it should figure out your macros and calories for you. Hope this helps and makes sense!
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 thanks!
How do I know how many calories I should have in a day to even start counting macros? I have watched several videos and I'm still confused on how to count and calculate all of this.
I know people go back and forth with dairy. It's good/bad. I was wondering what your take was on it and if you eat it on a daily? I love avocado toast with an egg as well. It's so yummy with the everything but the bagel seasoning too. I will have to try it with a tomato. Thanks for another great video. Have a great weekend.
ericamedina33 Yes please! Wondering The same thing, as Well as organic Soy products like tofu or tempeh
Kristi doesnt eat dairy regularly.her body cant handle it that well. I kinda have the same issue.
Do you have a suggestion for one time macro calculation?
Are there any books you would recommend to learn more about macros?
Hey Travis, fancy seeing you here!! I would recommend this nutrition lecture by Barbell Medicine. The company's run by two powerlifters who happen to also be physicians as well. I've learned so much about nutrition and more because they're simply a gold mine of knowledge. Enjoy.
ruclips.net/video/a08W22FSGNA/видео.html (Part 1)
ruclips.net/video/qg2UlG4QsSM/видео.html (Part 2)
can you add the grams used for food on paper so for exsample for protein needed is 100g so apple has 30g bannana has 55g and grapes have 15g ( not really tho) so would you do 55+30+15= 100g
Im 59 yo and 70 kg and bit sedentary and belong to the 3rd type of body structure,how can i calculate the needed macros for weight lose
Every time follow you Cristi Eramo 🌹🌹🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒
wd b better if u had a camera aimed at the counter with food scale and food items in little dishes ON the scale to show how MUCH visually each proper food choice shd look like size wise and weigh.
I'm watching it right now.
“Carbs probably have a higher percentage of calories” 🍻 yep😉 🤣
Is it true eggs has tons have tons of fat? I don't want to overdue on fats. I eat 4 eggs a day and my trainer says I eat way too much on fats. Is that true?
I've been using the lose it app ... and some food have fat protein and carbs in it....same with avacado- same with eggs.... am i suppose to add the grams on the nutrition facts? Or the, for example, avacado grams(30g)? This might be a dumb question but I need clarity
HI, 30g of avocado is the weight! 30g of avocado consists of 48 total calories, on average about 4.4g of Fat, 0.6g of Protein and 2.56g of Carbs make up the 48 calories for the 30g of weight in avocado! I hope that helps! Eggs are about 70 calories, contain 5 g of Fat and 6g of Protein
@kristieramo Thanks for putting out nutritional knowledge bombs every so often. Also, love the workout videos of course. You and @patrickoconnell remind me and my gf a lot of ourselves. So, it's fun to watch. We're both respectively the same size as you two, and enjoy doing some of yall's partner workouts. She's a little tough on herself with calories, but I keep telling her she can handle it. This type of info further helps to ingrain that. Thanks a ton!
I have a big issue so I do know how much calories I need for the day , and the percentages of carbs , proteins and fats
The thing is on my first meal I run out of all my grams of protein I should eat on the day , and my calories are still low
Plus I be starving all day 🥲
Hop on to a calorie calculator website where you can enter your height, weight and how active you are for a rough idea. I doubt you're using up all your protein unless you're eating half a kilo of steak and 6 eggs for breakfast.
I was waiting to hear the total calorie count for that meal. 2000 daily minus what?
How do you calculate how much percentage of carbs/fat/protein. Is it always going to be 50/30/20 ...I currently weight 190 , 5’2 age 29. And of course I want to lose weight & then build muscle.
Omg!😲 theres no views, no comments im the first one😯
Idk trying to count calories and macros seems like rocket science to me
Damn, this girl is a freaking smoke show. Could watch her all day.
Thanks for watching :) !!
😩😩😩I’m confused. Why is keto so damn hard. Started a month ago, lost 17lbs per my digital scale. Week 4 terrible. Already plateau. Now it show I lost only 9. Did I gain it back that quick? First two weeks was three keto meal daily. Next two was OMAD ate only at 6pm daily w/ no hunger (ex: baked chkn keto veg 1cup cooked apprx) Blood sugar and B/P #’s are great but weight loss sucks. What am I doing wrong? How can I drop this 255lb weight, any answers....if I give you my #’s can you tell me what and how much to eat? Do I really need a scale? Help😩😩😩
Sounds like you're spinning your wheels and don't have direction and consistency with nutrition. How long have you been struggling?
I struggled with which diet to pick etc.......I gained 30 lbs on keto...
I lost it by literally counting my calories. And yes, weighing food. Us humans are incredibly bad at eyeballing how much food we eat.
Heres the secret. Find out your TDEE Find your BMR
To cut fat....eat 25% less calories than your TDEE........
Track your calories.......as the weeks go by, you'll start burning off the fat.
Its all about calories. Fat is just stored energy/calories.
Eat less than you burn!
I eat 50% carbs.....25% protein and 25% fat and dropped 30 pounds :)
I highly recommend reading Bigger Leaner Stronger by Mike Matthews
@@St3veWK Exactly, just focus on your macros and caloric deficit no need for keto, IF, or whatever random diet. Your goal should be to form a life changing habit not pick up a diet to lose 30 lbs then gain it right back after.
I still dont understand macros recording. Do you just test out the foot to find things that fit within your numbers? Weighing things makes sense but if I get a caprese salad or something each thing is individual and in theory is part of each section? Macros is incredibly confusing for me :(
Get an app to track it for you. So if you eat an egg, 150g of chicken and 100g of rice that's what you put in and it will tell you how much protein etc.
Can you share how your mom eats. Lots of us older women would love to hear how she differs from you?
So if I hit all my goals (carbs, proteins etc.) Will I maintain my current weight. If so how do I count macros to drop weight
I'd drop my carbs and fats and maintain my protein if I wanted to lose weight. So if you need 2500 cals to maintain, aim for something like 2200 cals while still keeping the same amount of protein for your weight.
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What if you are lazy enough to compute the macros... would estimating 100 grams kf food for three times a day enough to produce a calorie deficit?
I still don’t understand how to know how many grams of a certain food to eat that would be equivalent to certain amount of macros like do I how do I know how many grams of avocado to eat ?
Hi! It depends on how many grams of fat you are wanting to eat. You can eat more or less avocado to eat more or less fat at a time. For example, 50g of an Avocado has about 8g of fat.
Whoooo add the tomatoes to the .... !!! Oh my god those bodybuilder
Ye
In my experience all tracking apps are off by 2-200 calories.
Too many numbers 😱
So let's say my percentage of fat intake daily is 66grams, is it total a day or 66 grams each meal?? Sorry I'm starting this macro lifestyle and it confuses me.
66grams per day, which you could split depending on how many meals you would eat a day, let's say 6 meals per day, so 11 grams of fat per meal.
@@lyamsuarez1984 oh ok it makes sense, thank you!
I was hoping to get your total calories and macros :)
I typically eat about 2400-2600 Cals a day!
@@Kristi-Eramo-OConnell Thank you for the reply :)
Try to count macros
You said there are 4 grams per 1 calorie of protein. I'm assuming you meant 4 calories/g of protein, correct?
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She does seem very nice buuuuut, I’m going to have to poke some holes in this video. So macros don’t matter. If you lift just make sure to get your protein in but your carb to fat ratio doesn’t matter. If you’re losing weight you ultimately need to be in a deficit. I’m not saying avoid any macro but ratios don’t matter. And there are actually 4 macro nutrients. Ketones are considered a macro for keto people. She said fat is the most satiating macro also false. Protein is the most. She said fat is just a little more calories than carbs. It’s more than double. Fitness apps have known to be off so I wouldn’t trust those. She didn’t mention fit bits bits those are wrong too. The real fit bit is a scale. Counting macros isn’t bad or wrong but it’s not needed. All and all I like her message.
Thank u for this
I think it's just making sure your protein is higher than anything else