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Anonymous
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i'd be shocked if anyone here knew about nutrition other than the mass media's love of the word no-carb, no-fat, no-whatever.
i read nutrition boards daily, and read nutrition blogs, and read nutrition books. everyone of them has stated if you have no energy with your current diet then something has to change. most people go with the 40% carbs 30% fats 30% protein, i tried that felt like shit for 2 weeks. then I tried to up the carbs, 50% carbs 30% protein 20% fats, i was seriously fatigued beyond belief after less than 4 days.
I started researching more and more, because I wasn't bought into the whole fat thing, since i've been told since age 1 that fats are bad. I was kind of leanient even on the 30% fats, that just sounds crazy, but in reality it's not even close to what i needed. I was in serious caloric macronutrient deprivation, and i didn't even know it because even though i was seriously fatigued, i just thought it was from all the exercise i was doing (I burn on average 4000-5000 calories a week with my training, i've calculated). but serioulsy hitting rock bottom on days, performance hidering, and seriously fatigued all the time, there was only one thing to do and that was to up the fat, A LOT.
it's different for everyone, like i said 60% fats might sound crazy, but i've been on it for about a month and never felt better, performance, energy, and even sleep a lot better.
Just find out what your macronutrient ratios are, and then go from there. I don't know much about protein, but I always kept it below 30%, you don't need as much protein as a lot of people think.
BTW i'm 6'2" 165# 8% BF, eat around 1800-2200 calories a day @ 55-60% fats 25-30% protein 10-15% carbs
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