More carbs than protein ok?

Walk2liv · 10-12-2009, 02:50 PM

Hey hey, okay... so I was going over my diet.. using mydailyplate.com and I've noticed I take in more carbs than protein. Is that okay? I don't really follow macros too much because well... it's work that I just don't want to do right now.. (i keep in mind what my protein is)..I just don't want to get anal about it right now. But I noticed that usually when I'm at 120g protein... I'm usually floating around 200+ for carbs. Is having high carbs bad for losing weight? Ugh

Miranda · 10-12-2009, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Walk2liv

Is having high carbs bad for losing weight? Ugh

consuming more calories than you burn is bad for losing weight

Walk2liv · 10-12-2009, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Miranda

consuming more calories than you burn is bad for losing weight

Okay, so as long as I get my 1g per pound of body weight in protein and eat below maintenance.. then having a high amount of carbs will not affect my weight loss ... I understand the principles.. I just didn't know if having so many more carbs would slow me down or the carbs become stored as fat ( i work out 5x a week with weights, no cardio... unless you count kettlebell swings as cardio)

TheAmazon · 10-12-2009, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Miranda

consuming more calories than you burn is bad for losing weight

what she said, I would guess the key thing is not going over the reccomended cals.

I'm currently logging food on fitday and it's a HASSLE to try andfigure out what types of foods will fit into the macro breakdowns.

I'm noticing rather than try and meet the goals for protein that day and risk going over my cal deficit, i've been hovering around 100-200 cal deficit plus the deficit i'm already eating out.

Walk2liv · 10-12-2009, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TheAmazon

what she said, I would guess the key thing is not going over the reccomended cals.

I'm currently logging food on fitday and it's a HASSLE to try andfigure out what types of foods will fit into the macro breakdowns.

I'm noticing rather than try and meet the goals for protein that day and risk going over my cal deficit, i've been hovering around 100-200 cal deficit plus the deficit i'm already eating out.

Yeah, I've been doing both. The thing is... I don't eat a lot... lately... it's so weird. For a couple months I wanted to eat a lot of stuff.. then a month ago it just switched and now I don't want food very often. I have trouble MEETING my calorie requirement (I put myself at 1700) but I'm more concerned about maintaining my protein levels because I need to make sure I am getting enough to build my muscle (since Im breaking them down with WT). Which I am getting my protein... but my carbs seems so high

For the day I'm gonna be at

1316 calories
33g fat
173g carbs
96g of protein.

I'm gonna add more but see...

yesterday though i was at

1701 calories
65g of fat
214g of carbs
74g of protein

Emoore · 10-12-2009, 04:03 PM

If your calories are at the right level and you're getting in enough protein (which you are), AND you're getting enough healthy fats (about 20-30% of your calories), there's no problem with getting more carbs than protein, especially if they're primarily healthy carbs. If most of your carbs are coming from 100 calorie packs and potato chips I'd reconsider.

<------------eats more carbs than protein

kpettitt · 10-12-2009, 04:22 PM

My carbs sometimes over weigh my protein, but my calories are always incheck and I make sure I get my good fats! As long as you are burning more calories than you are consuming and still getting your protein in, you should be fine!

Walk2liv · 10-12-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Emoore

If your calories are at the right level and you're getting in enough protein (which you are), AND you're getting enough healthy fats (about 20-30% of your calories), there's no problem with getting more carbs than protein, especially if they're primarily healthy carbs. If most of your carbs are coming from 100 calorie packs and potato chips I'd reconsider.

<------------eats more carbs than protein

okay cool. yeah.. my carbs are coming from fruits/cottage cheese/protein shakes/whole wheat bread/yogurt/veggies

and I try to take some fish oil every day

Yeah, I think I just had a brain blurp... and was making things more complicated than they are. I hate when i do that.