I’m very new to the concept of tracking macros and I’m reading so much conflicting information. Is there a “best practice” for women on a weight loss journey doing 16:8?
I follow a Mediterranean-ish diet with lots of fresh, non-starchy vegetables, whole grains, healthy fats, eggs, chicken & fish as my main proteins, with the occasional red meat. I stay away from sugar, refined carbs and liquid calories.
I am anemic as per recent blood work and insulin resistant (A1C is 5.6 - significant family history of diabetes and I’m desperate to not follow the same path…)
I’m also planning to increase my semi-regular workouts to at minimum 3 days/week. Just need some more motivation to wake up at 6am to go to the gym before work!
Any direction to help pave the way for me would be super appreciated.
I use myfitnesspal to track calories and macros. I do 1400-1600 cals per day, and my macros are 50% carbs, 25% fat, 25% protein. I’m 5”5’ 30yo female. I recently tried decreasing carbs and increasing protein by 5% (so 45/25/30), but in those few weeks I saw a stall in weight loss and also my resting heart rate increased. I went back to 50/25/25 and the weight started coming off again. I don’t exercise except walking ~5 mi while at work 5x/week. So what I’m trying to say is, like other things, it just varies from person to person. There are some macro calculators online that might be a good place to start, and from there you can kind of tweak your macros.