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@josho Ah okay that’s cool! Yeah I don’t want to build a significant amount of muscle either, I feel like I’m already toned just want to lose some fat and stay toned or get a bit more toned. I’m unsure what my optimal macros would be in that case. I think I’ll have to try out what my trainer...

@josho That’s how much I normally eat too, I absolutely love carbs and I like to eat healthy foods are high in carbs. Do you find it easy to gain/maintain muscle with 15% of your calories from carbs? I’m actually going to be in a caloric deficit and I’ve heard that higher protein and fats help...

@influx That sounds great, thank you!

@corn4ahead Seitan is so good! Will do!

@daddylopez1963 Alright sounds great, thank you!

@daddylopez1963 Ah okay, I already added a smoothie with protein powder in my hypothetical meal plan but that still kept me below my protein goals by about 25g. How many times a day would you recommend protein powder? I believe one serving is around 25g so if I were to hit my macros that may...

@daddylopez1963 Yeah that was my main problem, whenever I would add food that’s high in protein the carbs would be even higher so even when I would get somewhat close to my protein goal my carbs were over the limit. By supplements do you mean protein powder? Oh yeah I like nutritional yeast, I...

@daddylopez1963 Thanks so much for your comment that helps a lot!The high protein and fat make so much sense now since it’s a calorie deficit. May I ask you another question? Is 128g of protein hard to hit? I pulled up my fitness pal and scanned some of the meals from the recipe book/...

I’m F21 5’5 and 143 lbs I got a workout plan and my macros from a vegan trainer My calorie intake goal is 1700 calories per day and my macros are: Protein: 30% - 128g Carbs: 40% - 170g Fat: 30% - 57g At first I thought the protein was a bit on the higher side (0.9 x my weight lbs) but a...