A few years ago I was underweight (59kg at 182cm height) and decided to start working out, at that time all that mattered to me was gaining weight so I just started eating everything in sight and my weight went up to 70kg in about 2 years. After those 2 years my weight stayed around that 70kg, it has gone up until 75kg and down until 65kg but on average it has stayed around that weight. As my progress in the gym starts to decrease I started looking at my diet as I assume that is the main cause but I've had a few problems with properly tracking my calories.
1. It seems every article/video/person/calculator has a different view about macros, I kind of know my maintenance calories so that part is not hard to figure out but what is a good division for the macronutrients? Some people will say 1g of protein for every pound of bodyweight, 20% fat and the rest carbs but others will recommend more proteins so I'm kind of lost.
2. Tracking my breakfast, lunch and snacks is pretty easy but I'm having a hard time tracking my dinner, most of the time I cook for myself and my girlfriend and sometimes for multiple days so even if I weigh all of the ingredients I don't know the exact ingredients of the portion that I'm eating. Also when my girlfriend is the one who cooks it makes it even harder as I don't know the exact ingredients. Does anyone have tips for this or is it fine to just estimate it?
3. I find it hard to hit my calorie goal without exceeding my fat limits (also goes back to question 1 whether my fat limits are even right). I need quite a lot of calories to get above my maintenance and I noticed that most of the foods that are high in calories have lots of fat in them, sometimes I'm already near my fat limit before dinner and I know that my dinners are containing the most fats of all my meals.
1. It seems every article/video/person/calculator has a different view about macros, I kind of know my maintenance calories so that part is not hard to figure out but what is a good division for the macronutrients? Some people will say 1g of protein for every pound of bodyweight, 20% fat and the rest carbs but others will recommend more proteins so I'm kind of lost.
2. Tracking my breakfast, lunch and snacks is pretty easy but I'm having a hard time tracking my dinner, most of the time I cook for myself and my girlfriend and sometimes for multiple days so even if I weigh all of the ingredients I don't know the exact ingredients of the portion that I'm eating. Also when my girlfriend is the one who cooks it makes it even harder as I don't know the exact ingredients. Does anyone have tips for this or is it fine to just estimate it?
3. I find it hard to hit my calorie goal without exceeding my fat limits (also goes back to question 1 whether my fat limits are even right). I need quite a lot of calories to get above my maintenance and I noticed that most of the foods that are high in calories have lots of fat in them, sometimes I'm already near my fat limit before dinner and I know that my dinners are containing the most fats of all my meals.
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