Quote: (08-10-2013 01:04 PM)puckman Wrote:
For me that breaks down to per day;
Protein - 100g-190g/day
Carbs - 25g-50g/day
Fat - 25g-50g/day
Puckman:
I personally do not engage in any calorie restrictions or calorie counting. In that regard, I would not engage in gram counting, and I give some ballpark considerations to the percentages of my macro nutrients, rather than considering macro nutrients in terms of the grams or the quantity of food that i am eating. So the only macro nutrient that I monitor or restrict is carbs, and that is just to focus on keeping carb to a fairly low percentage of my intake of foods.
I believe that if I eat enough good fats, then I can pretty much eat as much as I want b/c the fat will fill me up and cause me not to be hungry. I've been eating as much as I want for more than 2 years, and I lost weight going from 200 to 175 (5' 9").
Specifically looking at the macro nutrients that you listed, I would want to increase the percentage of fats, and if you are getting enough calories, then it would be o.k. to decrease your proteins (b/c of the fat increase and replaces the proteins). Probably, your fat and protein levels could be of a similar ratio.
Overall, your carb level seems good, yet I am NOT opposed to some variation in carb levels, from time to time.. Usually, I keep carb levels low, maybe fewer than 25 grams in a day, but every once in a while (and unscheduled) I splurge with some carbs...
Sometimes some of the devil of the composition of the macronutrients may be in the details of what you are eating.. so for example, processed sandwich meat would be less valuable as a protein source as compared with a steak or eggs or even bacon or sausage would be better than a hot dog (even though bacon and sausage may be considered processed, generally they are good for you - as compared with a hot dog or some meat source that may not be truly meat).
Also, some people consider beans as protein, when in reality most beans are mostly carbohydrates.
And, regarding fat, to the extent possible, people should stay away from vegetable oils and hydrogenated oils - which would include butter substitutes. On the other hand, butter is very nutritious and so is coconut oil, lard and tallow.