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Tartys
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Greetings,

I've consulted the Scott's article and video about the nutrition/macros. Though the meal planner I've calculated my BMR (1879 at rest and 2912 in motion with an average of ≅ 2400), since I'm focused to lose weight and gain muscle definition, according the Scott's guide I should not eat more than 100g of carbs, therefore, I subtract a range of 250-500 calories from the average BMR.

The fact is that I can't reach that amount of calories by not eating more than 100g of carbs even though I'm high on protein and ok with fats.

An example of today's tracking:

181g of proteins, 80g of carbs and 50g of fat for a total of  1361 calories.

I've been training and eating healthy foods for about 2 years.

Any tips or advices? Thanks for help.

jmboiardi
jmboiardi p John M Boiardi
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2.6K Post(s) Gender: Male Goal: Bodybuilding Date Joined: October 10, 2013
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Posted By: Tartys

Greetings,

I've consulted the Scott's article and video about the nutrition/macros. Though the meal planner I've calculated my BMR (1879 at rest and 2912 in motion with an average of ≅ 2400), since I'm focused to lose weight and gain muscle definition, according the Scott's guide I should not eat more than 100g of carbs, therefore, I subtract a range of 250-500 calories from the average BMR.

The fact is that I can't reach that amount of calories by not eating more than 100g of carbs even though I'm high on protein and ok with fats.

An example of today's tracking:

181g of proteins, 80g of carbs and 50g of fat for a total of  1361 calories.

I've been training and eating healthy foods for about 2 years.

Any tips or advices? Thanks for help.

It is OK if you eat more than 100 grams of carbs. If carbs are too low, you won't have enough energy for your workouts and to fuel muscle growth. A good minimum carb intake point is no more than 1 gram of carbs per pound of body weight. Going to 100 grams or lower is a more advanced technique and starts getting into low carb and ketogenic diets.

 

Hitting your macros and keeping the protein amount consistent is more important. You can try carb-cycling where you eat more carbs and less fat on workout days and more fat and less carbs on rest days. Protein and total daily calories remain the same. In this way, you have days with carbs at over 100 grams and other days where carbs are at 100 grams but fat us higher. Also, healthy fats are the best macro to increase to bump up calorie intake numbers. Your macros can be adjusted from whatever the "recommended" amounts are. It is not a one-size-fits-all system but rather one you need to experiment with and manipulate to find the best macro ratios that work for you and meet your goals.

 

John

34 years of lifting and nutritional experience and resident "old man" :-) MS Athlete and past Super Hermanite since 2013.
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