Macro-Nutrients & eating more
I have a question. Suppose I wanted to use the guidelines of nutrient %'s. Let's say I need to eat 1,500 a day without exercise to lose weight. Of that....
15% of fat = 25g 40% carbs = 150g 45% Protein = 168g Of course though I will be getting some days of exercise. And then I eat back my calories so I can net 1,500 net and be sure I'm not undereating. So if I burn off 300 cals through a work out, I need to eat 300 more. Which brings my total intake to 1,800. My new grams keeping the same percentages are: 15% of fat = 30g 40% carbs = 180g 45% Protein = 202g My question is... is this new amount of grams of each really equivalent to what it would have been if I didn't exercise? And when eating more, naturally the intake of nutrients increases... do I stay with the 25g of fat and just increase my protein and carbs after a work out? Or increase everything? I hope I wasn't confusing. lol |
Anybody?
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Why do you need to increase your calories if you exercise? I also wouldn't stress too much in regards to getting to getting a certain amount in each macronutrient category or trying to be 'perfect' in that regard.
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I don't think you need to make it that complicated. But I wasn't really commenting before because I don't eat that much protein or that little fat, so it's not really in my realm of experience. But I think whatever your plan, you're just shooting for the big picture with macros. I didn't really understand your question of "My question is... is this new amount of grams of each really equivalent to what it would have been if I didn't exercise?"
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Hmmm.....I might not really understand what you are asking but I'll give it a shot.
I don't eat back my exercise calories per se. I exercise and I eat what I eat, in general. The exceptions to that are if I go for a long run (> 7 miles) I might have a carb serving before I go and I always have a protein shake after I lift weights. So if you are going to alter your macros based on your exercise, it might depend on what exercise you do. |
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