Calorie breakdown (part one)

You have at leas two ways to go here:

1. Calorie breakdown according to your own preference for macronutrient distribution.

2. Calorie breakdown according to your body type.

In the first case you have to feel comfortable with what you know about macronutrients (a free e-book is coming soon on my web site;-) - carbohydrates, proteins, fats.

In the second case you can use my suggestions for macronutrient distribution. It might be easier for those, who don't have any knowledge in nutrition and just want to follow my recommendations. It will give you a starting point, so you can experiment further with that.

Let's take number 1 today and see how it works. In our example from the previous posts we have an endomorph type athlete, appr. 130 lb lean body mass, TEE final result - 1926 Cal a day.

According to one of the steps below he/she ingests 1 g of protein per lb lean body mass.

130 g protein have 520 Cal and represent 27% of the total 1926 Cal
(1926 / 100 = 19.26; 520 / 19.26 = 26.99 -> 27%)

100 - 27 = 73 % - that's how many per cent we have to work with for the carbohydrates and fats

Our person as an endomorph, so he/she will be moderate on the carbs - 37 % - 178 g
(19.26 x 37) / 4 = 178

And the remaining 35% goes for the fat - 75 g
(19.26 x 35) / 9 = 75

We have:
protein - 130 g
carbohydrates - 178 g
fats - 75 g

Stick around for more on this topic..