Comments on: Tracking Marcos Sucks: Why You Should Use Macro FLEX Tracking Instead

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 01:16:00 +0000

Great article. Cleared some things up for me along with validated a lot of what I already knew. Definitely put a finer point on things. I’ve had pretty good diet habits but was being too strict I think. I’m 46 and I the best shape of my life but still have the drive to get in even better shape ie; lower body fat. New approach starts tomorrow. Thanks. I’m very excited to see what I can achieve going forward

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 03:52:34 +0000

In reply to Robin Hink. If you're following MFT< then you just need to ballpark fats and carbs like i outline in the post. Protein can start at approx 0.8 grams per pound of bodyweight.

By: Robin Hink

Robin Hink — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 03:19:47 +0000

Hi Keith

If I weigh 230 what should my Marci be I’m new to this
Thanks

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 20:12:46 +0000

In reply to 3tw.. Ya it's all about maintaining some sense of balance, and never taking things to any crazy extreme.

By: 3tw.

3tw. — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 19:47:02 +0000

Excellent post.

This is something I have been doing for about a month now, and it really works.

As you quite correctly say, you it isn’t an eat-all you want buffet, and i still track my carbs to make sure I’m keeping them lower on non-training days, just simply to maximise fat loss, but it does leave a lot of flexibility.

This is the eating program that should be trending right now.

good to see it in writing!

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 01:44:48 +0000

In reply to Phyllis stein. Yes, basically. Though u still need to watch calories.

By: Phyllis stein

Phyllis stein — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 00:54:54 +0000

So in a nutshell if i wa.nt to eat one meal a day it should be protein carbs and a fat source. A steak baked potao salad and ice cream..that is doable

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 03:22:50 +0000

In reply to Cai. No you're not adding the protein calories on top of your total calories. You need 1650 calories. The protein is already a part of that.

By: Cai

Cai — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 19:07:38 +0000

I am 165 pounds. A female. So you’re saying to lose weight I should eat 1,650 calories a day!? That just seems way too damn high. And then I have to add on an additional 528 calories to meet the 132 grams of protein a day goal? That’s a total of 2, 178 calories — for a female. Trying to lose weight. While keeping muscle in hopes of eventually building some more once the stupid fat is gone. Either I’m doing this wrong, or something isn’t adding up.

This is my way of asking for help, in case you were confused.

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 08 May 2016 05:13:23 +0000

In reply to Brad.

Basically it means not going out of your way to eat exclusively eat all carbs or all fats. No extremities.

but if you want to get more technical you follow a more typical IIFYM style diet can start by aiming to get 20-25% of your cals from fats and fill in the rest from carbs.

You can do this for a few weeks to see how the portion sizes play out then learn how to eyeball those amounts.