Sat, Mar-16-02, 18:34
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Posts: 2,193
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Plan: mostly paleo
Stats: //
BF:also don't care
Progress: 100%
Location: West Coast, USA
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Jamie, almost.
If you ate 2000 calories each day, you'd want at least 80 calories to come from 20 g carbs, for (thank heavens for calculators! lol) 4% of caloric intake coming from carbs. So more like 70% fat, 5% carbs, 25% protein. plus or minus 5 or even 10% on the fat and protein will do you no harm--no reason to get upset if one day you take in 160 g of protein, in other words.
I honestly lose better on 45 g carbs than I do on 20 (go figger), and I probably don't eat quite enough calories (er, those who can, do...and those who can't, mentor.) So this week, my breakdown was 60% fat, 30% protein, 10% carbs, though some of those carbs were fiber and thus indigestible. I'm sure that made everything clear as mud for ya.
So remember, 20 carb minimum--and as you move through OWL, do raise it slightly (by increasing veggie intake) every couple weeks.
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