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getmovin78 · 12-02-2008, 07:50 AM

thanks LD, sorry about that, I copied and posted another post from another site (Lyle McDonald's) to get his take on this.

I had written a post there asking about force feeding. Basically, I have a particular calorie and protein goal to meet, but there are just some days I am not hungry, and would prefer to skip a meal, but this would change my macros big time. So lets say I am supposed to have 1600 calories and 140g protein, I will end up with 1200 calories and 100g protein.....and my first instinct tells me that its OK as long as I am creating a deficit.

But then I get nervous about going below my protein requirement. Sometimes too much meat and protein just grosses me out and I find I am forcing myself to eat it.........does it make sense? Basically I would prefer to skip it or just eat a piece of fruit on those days.

Back in the day before I knew so much about nutrition and training, I lost weight just by eating less. Lately its been getting so complicated with macros and all that other fancy stuff.

12-02-2008, 07:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
getmovin78 moving is good for you Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 302	thanks LD, sorry about that, I copied and posted another post from another site (Lyle McDonald's) to get his take on this. I had written a post there asking about force feeding. Basically, I have a particular calorie and protein goal to meet, but there are just some days I am not hungry, and would prefer to skip a meal, but this would change my macros big time. So lets say I am supposed to have 1600 calories and 140g protein, I will end up with 1200 calories and 100g protein.....and my first instinct tells me that its OK as long as I am creating a deficit. But then I get nervous about going below my protein requirement. Sometimes too much meat and protein just grosses me out and I find I am forcing myself to eat it.........does it make sense? Basically I would prefer to skip it or just eat a piece of fruit on those days. Back in the day before I knew so much about nutrition and training, I lost weight just by eating less. Lately its been getting so complicated with macros and all that other fancy stuff.