Is this the right carb/protien/fat breakdown?

[EnigmaWoman]

Hello! I am new and following the Bodysculpting Bible book for women and it says that I should have a 40/40/40 break down of carbs/protien/fat. So with my calculations, I should have 100 grams of protien, 100 grams of carbs and 20 grams of fat. How does that sound?

I am 5'3, 147.5 lbs and 34.1 bf (desperatly trying to drop that).
The book has be lifting 3 days a week and doing cardio 3 days a week. Does this carb/protien and fat breakdown seem correct to you? Also, I am takingripped fuel, a multivitamin, chromium piccolate, EFAs and calcium for my supplements. Do I need anything else?


Thanks so much in advance. I have posted by beginning pics in the member pics forum if you would like to take a look.

 

[BOOEY]

That's only 980 cals/day. (protein/carbs = 4cals/g, fat = 9cals/g) That's way below what you need to lose weight. I mean, you will lose weight on this diet, but its too few calories which is unhealthy for your mind and body. How many cals were you getting in before you started dieting?

 

[Lao Tzu]

How many cals were you getting in before you started dieting?

This info is very important. Plus you have to take into consideration how many calories you burn through cardio and weights when determining your caloric needs. In my experience you want to run a 1000-1300 kcal deficit a day. Some might say thats too high but for me that works perfectly fine w/o hunger or feeling deprived (god love my fat ass). Others prefer 500-1000 deficit.

Also 40 + 40 + 40 = 120. I assume you meant 20/40/40 f/p/c.

 

[EnigmaWoman]

YES! I meant to type 40% protien, 40% carb and 20% fat...

I wanted to keep my cals around 1000 a day. Does that seem too restrictive? Is it really true that I won't lose if I stay around that? I am still eating 4-5 meals a day. Just small ones.


Thanks!

 

[BOOEY]

1000/day too restrictive? It depends. Not for someone who weighs 100 lbs. Also, if you were getting in, say, 2500 before you started dieting and you jump into a 1000 cal diet = not good. You'll burn out too quickly and likely suffer from headaches, fatigue, etc. The idea is to slowly reduce your calories through diet and cardio. For example, when I go on a gain weight diet, I take in about 4500 cals/day. When I diet down, my goal is to be around 2000 cals. But I don't jump straight from 4500 to 2000. I slowly reduce each week and then throw in cardio towards the end. The 40/40/20 ratio is good.

 

[velvett]

Booey already asked - what were you eating prior to this suggestion?

 

[EnigmaWoman]

Crap. Probably around 2500-3000 a day.

 

[Lao Tzu]

Crap. Probably around 2500-3000 a day.

Do you do cardio on those calories? Were you gaining weight with those calories?

 

[EnigmaWoman]

I was doing workin out at al on these cals....I was gaining weight like a fiend.