Results 1 to 2 of 2

Thread: Macro scaling is difficult and annoying. help

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jan 2016
    Location
    toliet
    Posts
    887

    Macro scaling is difficult and annoying. help

    ok, so trying to roughly whip this out. and i've never really applied it. i want to make one estimate and skate from there, so i only want to do this once if that's possible. after i'll just count grams. i don't understand it very well and am annoyed when i have to express it. i may have to edit this or explain my thinking because i'm not sure i can convey this so that it's understandable.

    i've got a watch that helps me determine the amount of calories i burn when i wear it. it's not entirely accurate, but i shall use it anyways.

    4 cal = g of protein

    4 cal = g of carb

    right off i need to consume 255g of protein that = 1020 cal from protein. so that's 40 - 50%, or should be. it's non negotiable and constant. kinda makes things easy because i have to think less and do less Attachment 161190

    so i got either 60% or 40% to work with concerning carbs and fat of my total cal burned in a day. 1 being a workout day and the other 2. being a non workout day.

    my watch says i burn this

    work out day high = 2,628 cal = protein on this day = 38% (lets assume this is 50% though)

    non work out day low = 1,999 = protein on non w/o day = 51% (lets assume this is 50% though)

    so i'm left with 979 cal going to fat and carbs on non day

    and 1,608 cal going to fat and carbs on a work out day

    fat = 9 cal a gram
    carb = 4 cal a gram

    fat = 30% of all macros, or 788cal of fat. that = 87g of fat
    carb = 20% of all macros, or 525cal of carb. that = 131g of carb

    so if i want to make things easy on myself i can scale all this shit like below

    protein on a daily for work out days = 255 = 10 25g shakes a day, or 8 shakes and 2 meat meals
    carb on a daily for work out days = 131g up or down a few 10ths (90 - 131 - 170) this is about 4 meals of 1/4 cup of steel cut oates a day
    fat on a daily for work out days = 87g up or down a few 10ths ( 70 - 87 - 90 ) I have no idea how i'm going to find/regulate fat consumption unless i gram out olive/coconut oil or something

    ultimately am i right? this is a pain in the ass. should i be doing this?

    non work out day
    66g of fat
    99g of carbs
    255g of protein

    so make all this annoying shit easy and i have this neat little scale below

    daily
    66g - 90g of fat
    99g - 131g of carb
    255 - 280g of pro

    and now this is all i have to think about?

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jan 2016
    Location
    toliet
    Posts
    887
    little help here. i am super confused and annoyed that i have to micromanage this stuff. there has got to be an easier way that will still allow me to meet all the marks.

    what methods are there that make this simpler and less thought required

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •