r/macros

Hi All,

So many calculators out there, all giving different ranges so needing to get advice for the most trusted or well used calculators.

Here's my situation, I am a 34 year old Female, I was once upon a time 120kgs and now I fluctuate between 64-67kgs depending on my cycle, all weight lost from nutrition and exercise only over the last 9 years. I'm also 158cm tall for context

I'm now at the time where I want to start recomposition on my body (I have excess skin on arms and thighs but have had a tummy tuck) to display more of the hard work I've done.

I have a desk job so during the day I'm not overly active, but I have a home gym and I train/teach aerials and pole also several times a week. I live in regional Australia so I don't have access to things like body fat scanning etc at this stage, but I'd estimate approx 26-30% body fat on myself, hard to tell with some of the loose skin.

The ranges on different calculations I've put into different macro calculators have ranged from 2,071-1,257 calories per day, and I've input the same information to them all.

Please send tips and advice

Many thanks x

As a gym goer who gets fast food from time to time, I've found it hardest to find macro friendly options at McDonald's compared to other fast food joints. That is until they added the ELITE menu item--the McCrispy strips! If I'm craving some McDonald's... like truly. I'll order a 3 piece McCrispy strips (350cal/30p/17f/18c), a small fry (230 cal/3p/11f/29c), and a Diet Coke. Totaling 580 calories, 33 G protein, 28 g fat, and 47 carbs. Sure--would love the protein to be a little higher, but it's McDonald's after all... and I live in America, so I'm sure the portions are huge compared to a lot of other Micky D's (for example, I've gone to McDonalds in London and the large size is pretty much the in between of a small/medium in the U.S.).

What are your go to macro friendly (ish) options you guys go for when you guys go out to eat or get a quick drive through order?

I’m a 5’5 22 yo woman and started journey at 143lbs on may 22. I’m now at 138 lbs and eating 1550 cal per day (watching macros, min 100 gram protein per day) and walking abt 30min-1 hr per day. I want to make sure this deficit isn’t too low, as I’m worried my body will enter starvation mode and store fat instead of lose it. According to Mayo Clinic, my maintenance is between 1950 and 2150. I’m thinking about going up to 1600-1700 a day, but don’t want to slow my progress. My goal is long term change, not just a quick fix.

I have tracked macros for years and the two things that always wore me down were not knowing my real maintenance calories and the sheer friction of logging every day. Most apps hand you a formula number and a tedious search bar.

So I built my own. It works out your real TDEE from your actual intake and weight trend, so the number adapts to you instead of guessing. Casey, the nutrition coach I built, reads it without any good food or bad food moralizing. My goal is the easiest, most pain free calorie tracking I can manage, and I need real users to tell me where it is still annoying.

It is early and free right now. If you track macros closely I would love your honest read on the logging flow specifically. I will drop the link in a comment if that is allowed