Macros

JEN22

Anyone know a great fitness book that talks in depth about macros and how to calculate them

parking_question_chap

What are your goals?
Are you a competitive athlete?

JEN22

NO not an athelite

QueensGreene50

I could use something like this, I've been following a carb cycling diet I found online to cut fat but it's so draining.. it makes your workouts suffer. I'm after a different angle on it now.

thriftylass

I found this to be a good online calculator taking your gender, activity levels, goals etc in consideration.

https://www.iifym.com/iifym-calculator/

Timberflake1983

thriftylass wrote: »

I found this to be a good online calculator taking your gender, activity levels, goals etc in consideration.

https://www.iifym.com/iifym-calculator/

That actually looks pretty accurate, but your macro split will be a very individual thing. For example, too many carbs make me tired, I react much better to higher fat.

Start with a 40% (P), 40% (C), 20% (F) split and go from their.. I'm assuming your exercising regularly and if so wouldn't move the protein much, mainly carbs and fat to get you feeling/performing the best.

Retrogamer

If you have a smart phone the Myfitnesspal app is quite good for tracking various macros.