Am looking to lose weight, is it better to count calories or to workout your daily macronutrients?
Thanks for your advice
Depends on what youāre looking to accomplish. Losing weight- muscle and fat-is easy, eat below maintenance. Losing fat is a matter of tracking macros.
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How do you do one without the other?
If youāre counting calories, it means youāve calculated the individual macros and tallied them for a total calorie count.
This article gives a good breakdown of whether or not you should count anything. Itāll depend on a few things like your current body composition (weight and bodyfat), your goals, your training, and your general training experience.
If youāre just looking to get āin shapeā and drop āa fewā pounds, you donāt need to count anything if you use common sense when eating, apply basic principles, and have a good training routine.
There are also some diet plans that are inherently based around not counting, typically by minimizing certain macros completely (like any plan thatās simply ākeep carbs to a bare minimumā or Green Faces thatās simply āeat animals and green veggies, period.ā)
Thanks Chris,
I guess I like to be planned, if Iām not planning my meals ahead then my bad eating habits take over, this is what Iām trying to replace by meal prepping. I have tried the āGreen Facesā meal planning previously.
Iāll check out the article you attached.
The goal is to lose weight (currently 107kg) while preparing to ride 250km in a charity ride at the start of November.
Thanks again Chris, will check out the article now
Set protein 1.2-1.5g per lb bodyweight, then eat whatever and be in a caloric deficit. This is plenty for most guys to look āgoodā. Now when you want to get creepy lean, (sub 11%) you got to get a little more tricky with macros.
And when I say āwhateverā Iām talking about healthy choices. Nuts, avocados, berries, taters ect. Pancakes on leg dAy is ok though lol