Thread: Prot/Carb/Fat Divisions per meal...

Originally Posted by robousy

Hi all,

Pretty simple question.

I am eating

230/230/60 grams of carb/prot/fat per day.

My question is this:

Should this be divided evenly per meal if I eat 6 meals per day, ie. 39/39/10 grams per meal, or is it ok to just get it all in through the day?

Thanks.

Rich

Personally I would center a majority of the carbs around your workout, pre/post/and postpwo... I tend to have slightly larger amounts of carbs in the am, and more fats in the pm. Its just a little difficult to squeeze in 39/39/10 each meal for 6 meals, unless you eat the same thing over and over again. But what fun is that? And to answer your question, no theres no rule that says you need the same macros all day long, you have to adjust to your activities and needs throughout the day. Though the people to ask are probobly jodi and emma on this board, as I am no expert at this at all, these are just things ive learned along the way.

Ok, I'll follow that advice!

Originally Posted by thajeepster

Personally I would center a majority of the carbs around your workout, pre/post/and postpwo... I tend to have slightly larger amounts of carbs in the am, and more fats in the pm. Its just a little difficult to squeeze in 39/39/10 each meal for 6 meals, unless you eat the same thing over and over again. But what fun is that? And to answer your question, no theres no rule that says you need the same macros all day long, you have to adjust to your activities and needs throughout the day. Though the people to ask are probobly jodi and emma on this board, as I am no expert at this at all, these are just things ive learned along the way.

I'm the same. More carbs at breaky just seems right.

Can you imagine eating the same meal over and over?

Originally Posted by robousy

Should this be divided evenly per meal if I eat 6 meals per day, ie. 39/39/10 grams per meal, or is it ok to just get it all in through the day?

I would say try and divide it throughtout your meals. There are some guidelines to be kept in mind, though.

Keep your last meal before bedtime pro+fats (e.g.CC+walnts). No fats in PWO shake (tho shome would say some fats are ok). You could keep breakfast the biggest in cals and slowly lower cals through the rest of the meals. But that will depend on when you train. But dont do something like 800cals for one meal and 200 for another.

BTW a 40c/40p/20f would be a better spilt, though i hate doing things from a percentage point of view. Better would be to figure out how much pro you need first, then add in the carbs and lastly the fats while keeping fats under 30% of your total cals.