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Is it really important to have your macros perfect? Will it cause fat gain if you aren’t hitting 1g per body weight for protein and however many grams of fat?
No, no fat gain will occur if you’re protein is lower. Everyone is different, and will have to experiment.
Yes, what Tex said…experimenting and changing things around were critical for me. I gained fat when I was eating a lot more fat grams than protein grams. I stalled when I was eating higher protein grams and less fat grams and I’m convinced after experimenting that i wasn’t eating ENOUGH fat even though my protein is always higher than my fat grams.
So macros don’t have to be perfect? I realized that I was getting about 120g of fat and around 100g of protein is that okay? I’m 125 pounds
There is no perfect. In contrast to Penny I do significantly better with 1.0+ protein and lower fats. You will have to experiment. I would personally say to get 125g protein and keep fats at half that but you’ll just have to start with one set of macros – try it for two weeks – and then start changing a little at a time until things are moving in the direction you want.
I do the same thing that Pensguys does. It has taken me a long time to get to a sweet spot for me. BUT, now that I’m actually listening to my body and what it wants, I can stay within a range. Like on non-workout days I eat almost 30g less (protein) than when I work out and less fat … that is unless I’m starving that day. I lift HEAVY on the days I do lift (3x per week) adn I’m usually not that hungry on those days, but, the days after … especially if I had deadlifts I will be an EATING MACHINE! But anyways, I would suggest trying a range and see how that goes for you.
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