Diet Help!

[kait123]

I need help putting together a meal plan with my macros

Consuming 1200 calories a day, 120 lbs, 18%BF, age 21, female.

480 calories (120 grams) of protein
480 calories (120 grams) of carbs
240 calories (27 grams) of fat

need some food ideas that fit into this!

[vanillabn]

Can I ask where you got that breakdown? 1200 cals per day seems too low for your stats.

[KaraPhoto]

Also 27 g of fat is too low to be healthy. Aim for .3g -.5g of fat per pound of body weight. Which means you should be eating 36g of fat at a minimum.

Using your stats, I get a maintenance of around 2200 cals a day, which means a reasonable restriction would be around 1700.

Using that number I'd aim for:
120g protein = 480 cals
40g fat = 360 cals
The rest in carbs/veggies/fruit/etc.

[andrerox80]

this:

1200 cals per day seems too low for your stats.

and this:

Aim for .3g -.5g of fat per pound of body weight.

did you see the sticky on calculating cals and macros? figure out the cals and then get 1-1.5 g protein / lbw, at least .3-.5 g fat / lb, and then the rest complex carbs. and to answer your question, fill it w/ whatever foods you like. emphasize: foods you like. not foods you think you're supposed to or have to like. and peruse some of the threads and do some searches - tons of food and meal ideas.