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Need help with a friends macros

Posted on 4/12/18 at 3:32 pm
Posted by oleyeller
Vols, Bitch
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 4/12/18 at 3:32 pm
female
25yrs old
5'2
115lbs

She just atadted working out 2 weeks ago. She will have 1hr daily to workout. Her goal is to gain muscle mass (not to be some body builder obviously) but to put on muscle. Needing some help with her macros and calorie intake. Thanks
Posted by tunechi
Member since Jun 2009
10170 posts
Posted on 4/12/18 at 3:41 pm to
Pics needed to accurately assess
Posted by oleyeller
Vols, Bitch
Member since Oct 2012
32021 posts
Posted on 4/12/18 at 3:43 pm to
quote:

Pics needed to accurately assess




lol i will consider posting some later
Posted by Rep520
Member since Mar 2018
10408 posts
Posted on 4/12/18 at 3:46 pm to
If she's never done high protein before 0.75 g per pound of bodyweight (around 85 g for her bw) is a good building block to start with re protein intake.

Carb/fat balance is going to depend on her choice about high or low carb. If she's looking to gain muscle, I wouldn't keep the carbs low.

Total calories should be slightly higher than maintenance. So, if she's maintaining right now, put a few calories on that, figure out protein percentage and build carbs/fat on that to fill out macros.

Just my 2 cents.
Posted by SuwMwf
Member since Jul 2012
946 posts
Posted on 4/12/18 at 5:29 pm to
Following, but I am 10 years older and 5 lbs lighter. Right under 5'3".
Posted by deNYEd
Houston
Member since Jul 2007
9689 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 10:37 am to
Im confused as to why you wouldn't google macro calculator and put in the exact information you listed here...
Posted by LSUfan20005
Member since Sep 2012
8807 posts
Posted on 4/13/18 at 1:17 pm to
She should absolutely start out isocaloric (equal % protein, carbs, fat).

After a few weeks, she can start playing with the sliding scale of carbs/fats if she desires.

Isocaloric will teach you how to weigh/measure and provide a baseline for what xxg's looks like.

It will also teach her what she prefers and what it means regarding other macros.

Personally, I learned that I like carbs ONLY when they contain too much fat to eat said amount of carbs (think buttered rice).

So, eventually I learned I like fat more than carbs. Eventually adopted a cyclical keto-type diet. But now I'm upping protein outside of that range.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
30961 posts
Posted on 4/15/18 at 1:01 pm to
Start here

She should be trying to recomp at first more than likely (without pics, makes it impossible to know for sure). From there she can keep trying to get stronger and losing fat.
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