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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 2615672" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>Apologies if I am teaching you to suck eggs, but when you say 70% fat, you are meaning 70% of Energy, not by weight of food, yes?</p><p>It is a very common misconception when people start calculating their macros. </p><p>The macros I started with (during my very short number crunching phase) was 80% E from fat, 15% E from protein, and 5% E or less from carbs.</p><p></p><p>having said that, when I think of keto macros, I try to avoid micromanaging anything - gets very old, very fast!</p><p>I just minimise (eliminate) fast releasing carbs, eat <em>enough</em> protein, and then eat fibre (lots of lovely keto friendly veg) and/or fat (depends on weight loss goals) to prevent me getting too hungry before the next meal. Wanting to snack just means my meals are too small.</p><p></p><p>When I say <em>enough</em> protein, I just let my appetite govern the quantity.</p><p>The body has a well developed ability to gauge protein needs, with hunger and appetite on one end of the gauge, and heavy, claggy loss of appetite and slow digestion when you over do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 2615672, member: 41816"] Hi, Apologies if I am teaching you to suck eggs, but when you say 70% fat, you are meaning 70% of Energy, not by weight of food, yes? It is a very common misconception when people start calculating their macros. The macros I started with (during my very short number crunching phase) was 80% E from fat, 15% E from protein, and 5% E or less from carbs. having said that, when I think of keto macros, I try to avoid micromanaging anything - gets very old, very fast! I just minimise (eliminate) fast releasing carbs, eat [I]enough[/I] protein, and then eat fibre (lots of lovely keto friendly veg) and/or fat (depends on weight loss goals) to prevent me getting too hungry before the next meal. Wanting to snack just means my meals are too small. When I say [I]enough[/I] protein, I just let my appetite govern the quantity. The body has a well developed ability to gauge protein needs, with hunger and appetite on one end of the gauge, and heavy, claggy loss of appetite and slow digestion when you over do it. [/QUOTE]
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