One Of The Many Reasons I Don’t Worry About Carbs

I’m always talking about the two biggest things to focus on with your diet for weight loss which is protein and calories…

But what about the two other macronutrients?

I do have some general guidelines for dietary fat and carbohydrates too, but I’m a whole lot less concerned with those especially when I’m helping new people just get started with dieting.

The main reason is they don’t have quite the same impact, and as long as you get protein and calories down, the rest seems to work itself out.

With that said, here are my general guidelines:

For dietary fat, I suggest somewhere between 40 and 100 grams per day, usually closer to the middle of that for most people.

And for carbs?

Whatever isn’t protein and fat.

For example, if you need to eat 1,800 calories per day, your macro breakdown might look something like:

• 130g protein (520 calories)
• 70g fat (630 calories)

And since you’d have 650 calories remaining, you’d divide that by 4 to get the remaining goal of:

162g carbs