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Old 03-16-2012, 11:48 AM   #1
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BY: IPL





Lately I've had alot of people asking me to take a look at their nutrition journals
and/or diets they've been following, and there seems to be a slight trend to
most of them.

So let's talk about how to improve what you're
doing and some of the reasons behind it.

A lot of this I've talked about before, but let's
get into some details.

You might want to save this until you have a few
minutes to read it in its entirety.

Ok then.....

Macro, as we’ll refer to it, refers to macronutrient
levels.

Basically the amounts or ratios of proteins,
carbohydrates and fats in your eating plan.

It's not necessary to get crazy with exacts, but
let's briefly talk about them and some general
rules to keep you "AWARE" of.

What we’ve found to work best for women
is close to the popular “Zone” macro levels
which is a macro breakdown of 40/30/30
(carbs, protein, fat).

I believe ideally, the ratios should be closer
to 40/30/30 (Protein, Fat, Carbs), but let's
not get caught up in the minutia and focus
instead on what you need to do.

You can always adjust up or down. Usually it’s
the carb levels that will need some adjusting! ;-)

Anyway, using that as our general basis, let’s
get into a specific example.

BUT remember, this is just for demonstration
purposes so you can see what we're talking
about.

If you’re 150lbs, age 35, have a fairly sedentary
job, walk 4-5 times per week and train with weights
3-4 x week for about an hour…..this is your approx.
RMR (resting metabolic rate).

1300 calories

That basically means your body requires
1300 daily calories to maintain its metabolic
functions…

BUT that doesn’t include the calories needed to
support your activity (exercise and normal daily
activity).

If you add in your activity, based on our example
above, you’ll need another 900 daily calories on
top of your RMR.

So 2200 calories altogether (RMR + Activity).

More than you'd think, I'm sure.

So, in order to lose body fat, you’ll need to
create a caloric deficit….

BUT without adversely lowering your RMR.

In order to do that, you’ll want create your deficit by
slightly reducing your daily calories by about 400.

You could also increase your activity levels to
create your caloric deficit....which I'd prefer to
see you do.

Makes sense right?

So we have your baseline level of 1300 as
“Must” have daily calories.

AND your activity requires another 900.

To get you into a deficit, you need to decrease
your calories by about 400 or use some additional
exercise to create that 400 calorie deficit.

Ok then….so we have that all squared away.

Now let’s look at where those calories are
coming from. Again, just using an example
of a good macro breakdown.

40% from protein
30% from carbs
30% from fats

If we stick with our example and take 2200
(1300 + 900) and subtract our 400 calories
to create the needed deficit to lose body fat,
we get 1800 calories remaining for our daily
intake.

To figure our protein level for the day, we take the
percentage from above (40%) and multiply it with
our total calories to get the amount of calories
we need from protein.

e.g. 40% of 1800 is 720 calories of protein.

Each gram of protein and carbohydrate has
4 calories per gram while fat has 9 calories
per gram.

So, if we divide our 720 by 4 we’ll get the number
of grams needed each day from protein.

In this example, we get 180 grams of protein or
about 1.2 grams per pound of body weight. (ideal)

If you split that among your 5 meals, you get
35 grams of protein per meal.

If we do the same thing with carbs (30% x 1800 / 4),
we get 540 calories and 135 grams of carbs.

Same with fat (30% x 1800 / 9) equals 540 calories
and 60 grams of fat.

Here’s what it looks like broken down….

Protein (40%) 180 grams per day or 35 per meal
Carbs (30%) 135 grams or 27 grams per meal
Fat (30%) 60 grams or 12 grams per meal

So really, the only numbers you need to
remember are your per meal numbers.

Right?

35 protein
27 carbs
12 fat

Easy right.

Sounded like a lot when it was 2200 calories,
but not after breaking it down into manageable
“mini” meals.

Obviously, not all of your meals are going
to fit perfectly into these exact grams, but
you know what levels you should be basing
your meals around and not just guessing.

If you implement your new meal plan based on
these types of calculations and you’ve not lost
any body fat or scale weight within two weeks,
slightly reduce calories by a 100 or so and hold
steady.

The thing you don’t want to do is start dropping
them too much for too long or your RMR will
negatively be affected.

Now here me again....these are examples and in
no way is it going to be exactly the right macro
levels for every single person.

My point in demonstrating this to you is to
show you what a "good" macro level is for
protein, carbs and fats.

Not knowing is random and with that comes
random results.

Once you understand and know gram levels per
meal, it becomes a lot easier to figure out your
meals.

Yes, calories play a role, but the old misnomer
that "a calorie is a calorie is a calorie" isn't really
a substantiated fact.

Food type, quantity and frequency all play a
role in metabolic rate and this is a good way to
"know" what you should be consuming at each
of your daily meals.

Your in-between meals may be a little smaller
and your breakfast, lunch and dinner a little
bigger.....but that’s easy to figure out.

Once you've made the above calculations,
you don't have do them.....EVER again.

So spend a few minutes punching the buttons
on this calorie calculator so you can make the
best meal decisions you can.

http://www.exrx.net/...CalRequire.html

That's when your progress starts to really take
off!

Begin creating the right environment for your
body to "work" for you and not against you.

You can do that right now with a diet higher in
protein, low in sugar, and high in nutrients.

Really take the few minutes and get your numbers
together....it's some of the most productive time
you can spend on getting better fat loss results!




Stay STrong~~!!!
IPL

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Old 03-16-2012, 09:55 PM   #2
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Very nice read with lots of great info. Thanks IPL.
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Old 03-28-2012, 07:33 PM   #3
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great post IPL. I'd like to add to your statement of

"Yes, calories play a role, but the old misnomer
that "a calorie is a calorie is a calorie" isn't really
a substantiated fact.

Food type, quantity and frequency all play a
role in metabolic rate and this is a good way to
"know" what you should be consuming at each
of your daily meals.

Choices of carbs play a HUGE role in weight loss, gain or maintanance. Using an extreme example, soda and white bread are terrible choices to attain your carb intake goals even if your hitting your targetted calorie intake.
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Yes absolutely a nice read....A lot of people get confused on this subject....
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What's your proposed ratio for males IPL?
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