I’m trying to currently drop some body fat after a successful strength phase where I recovered from an injury and increase my numbers across all my lifts using a 4 day split.
I’ve tracking macros right now but I find I’m struggling which energy and recovery since reducing my calories, I didn’t track anything in the previous phase and just ate what I wanted.
carbs:190
fat:70
protein: 190
Having been a member of the ‘carbs are bad’ fan club I’m unsure of how best to proceed considering my goal is primarily fat loss. Any advice welcome please.
I’d add a little bit of carbs and fats, though weight loss may stall if you’re steadily losing right now. Your energy is unlikely to improve from a small change in calories, rather the programming, sleep, motivation to train, and caffeine status are more likely to play a bigger role.
A follow up question, I’ve seen recommendations in TBAB saying to start with 13kCal per lb of body weight and in other videos/podcasts I’ve heard you mention 1 gram of carbs/protein per lb of bodyweight when trying to workout a baseline for nutrition.
Is one more favourable than the other? Or where would I use one more than the other (strength vs weight loss, etc).
It is more favorable to know what you’re eating now calorie wise, then adjust macros based on that (if accurate- of course) than using anything from a calculator (unless your calorie tracking is inaccurate).