Macro Calculator

Table of Contents:

1	Goals in Macro Calculator (explained)
2	Activity Levels
3	Macronutrients
4	Macronutrients (Water, Proteins, Fats, and Carbohydrates) in common foods
5	How to use the macro calculator?

The free macronutrient calculator can give you a complete breakdown of what you should eat.

This calculator is designed by flexible dieters that is why it is the best macro calculator. IIFYM is another name for flexible dieting. The full form of IIFYM is “If it fits your macros”.

Macros are short for macronutrients and they are defined as substrates used to produce energy in the body. Carbohydrates, fats, and proteins are the macronutrients. The caloric total for food is calculated by adding all the macronutrient amount together.

Goals in Macro Calculator (explained)

Fat Loss

For those who want to lose weight, safely and fast. Puts individuals in a twenty percent calorie deficit.

Maintain

Designed for those who desire to keep their current weight. This option aids eating at the macro level.

Muscle gain

This option is for those who want to build muscles quickly. This can also be used by those who want to gain weight. This option shows a twenty percent calories surplus.

10% lose weight

This option is for those who wish to lose ten percent and want to build muscles. Puts you in a ten percent calorie deficit.

Activity Levels

Moderately Active

For females, any activity that burns 400 to 650 calories and for males 500 to 800 calories.

Lightly active

For females any activity that burns, 400 to 200 calories, for males any activity that burns 250 to 500 calories.

Extra Active

Any activity that burns more than 650 calories for female and 800 calories for a male.

Very Active

Any activity that burns more than 650 calories for female and burns more than 800 calories for a male.

How are the macros calculated?

The ratio of protein is set at 0. 825 grams, per pound of body mass. Fats are set at twenty-five percent of everyday energy expenditure. Carbohydrate is calculated from the remainder. Daily energy expenditure is calculated by weight, height, exercise output, and age.

Macronutrients

Macronutrients include nutrients that have very specific tasks and are demanded by the body in almost every activity. They help in the growth of your body, provide your body with energy for it to function, and several other bodily functions.

Energy is essential for us, we need the energy to maintain body temperature, fuel our physical activity and repair damaged tissues, etc. This energy is provided to us by carbohydrates.

Just like that, macronutrients imbed themselves in your cells and control all that goes in as well as out. Enzymes that act as catalysts in your body’s processes are also provided by macronutrients. Hormones like leptin etc. are also produced by the body.

The proportion of macronutrients your body will need depends on many factors, one of them being your activity rate. However obviously, if your activity rate is more then you’ll have to increase your intake of foods that provide you with energy. While eating macronutrients, you must take balance into full consideration, take care of your portion size and concentrate on whole food.

While sketching out a diet, you must be careful that the proportion of each macronutrient is according to you and your body’s needs. An increasing proportion of one will decrease the proportion of the other. The ideal would be to eat a diet that not only fuels your day-to-day activity but also nourishes your body and helps it grow.

Protein:

Amino acids are building blocks for cells and muscle structure. They are essential for our body and are provided by proteins. There are 20 amino acids in total. 9 of them are non-essential, these are the ones that your body synthesizes, and 11 are essential.

Essential amino acids are taken by you through the meal you eat. They are important for your body and that is why you must eat foods that include them.

Protein is the building block for a lot more things other than muscles; it builds your hair, tissues, bones, organs, and enzymes. This shows how mandatory it is for you to include them in your diet. A few sources of protein are:

Seafood and fish (tuna, white fish, salmon, shrimp, crab, and oysters, etc)
Poultry (turkey and chicken)
Dairy
Pork, beef, and lamb
Soy products and tofu that is minimally processed

Fats:

Fat is important for brain development. Other than that, it is used in the making of hormones and assists in the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (Vitamin A, D, E, and K).

However, they do have the highest calorie per gram, this means that for fat to be broken down you need a lot more energy. This is why in a weight loss diet plan, fat is usually minimized. But, fat also has the ability to make you feel fuller.

A few foods that contain fat are:

Nuts (cashews, almonds, and walnuts)
Avocados and Avocado oil
Olives and olive oil
Fatty fish, either trout or salmon
Seeds
Full dairy and organic

Carbohydrates:

Carbohydrates are composed of sugar and starch that are broken down by the body to glucose. It is the main source of energy for the body and the brain. Our body is very efficient in storing glucose in the liver and muscle as glycogen.

This is due to the reason that energy is a constant demand by the body. It needs the energy to carry out daily processes.

Our body is full of numerous mechanisms, all of these mechanisms need to be carried out by our body. They are essential for us to get going and they require specific nutrients. If you want your body to flawlessly function then the diet you must be taking should include all that is needed.

Following are the foods containing carbohydrates:

Fruits
Whole grain
Legumes
Vegetables with starch (potato, beets, corn, and sweet potato)

Water:

Water is a big need. It is of utmost importance for our body to stay hydrated. Water is needed by the body in everything. Dehydration can cause big damage to us. Water does not include any nutrients but it is still a macronutrient because we consume it in a large amount.

It helps in the removal of waste, manages the body’s temperature, and helps in metabolism, etc. If you need a deep search about Water Soluble Vitamins then you can search online about how many vitamins are in water and their application.

It is advised to drink about 13 glasses of water every day for our body.

Macronutrients (Water, Proteins, Fats, and Carbohydrates) in common foods

The serving size is 100 gram

Food	Water	Proteins	Fat	Carbohydrates
Rice	12	7.1	0.66	80
Milk, Goat	89	3.1	3.5	4.9
Yogurt	88.5	3.5	3.3	4.7
Yogurt, Nonfat, strained	85.1	10.7	0	4.16
Cooked rice	69	3	0	28
Chick Pea	14	19	6	61
Wheat	11	13.7	2.47	71
Soybean	8.54	36.49	19.94	30.16
cucumber	95.23	0.65	0.11	3.63
tomato	94.5	0.9	0.2	3.9
Skimmed milk (powder)	12	36	0	52
Peanut	4.26	25	48	21
spinach	93.4	2.2	0.4	3.6
Pea	79.7	5.4	0.4	14.5
Tofu	87	8	3.5	1.5
Mung bean	12.42	23.8	1.18	62.6
Potato	79	2.0	0.09	17
Cheese, cheddar	21	44	33	2
split pea	14	25	1	60
Milk, Cow	87.8	3.2	3.9	4.8
Milk, Water Buffalo	81	4.5	8	4.9
Pigeon Pea (Toor Dal)	14	22	1	63
cabbage	92.8	1.28	0.1	5.6
onion	89.11	1.1	0.1	9.34
Lamb	60	27.3	12.7	0
beef	60	32.7	6.3	0
apple	85.5	0.26	0.17	13.81
fish	75	22	3	0
grapes	81.3	0.72	0	18
watermelon	91.45	0.61	0.15	7.55
Butter	20	0	80	0
egg white	88	11	0	1
Yogurt, nonfat	86.3	5.73	0.18	7.68
Chicken	68.12	25.45	0	6.36
Peanut Oil	0	0	100	0
Cauliflower, raw	92	2	0.3	5
yellow split pea	14	25	1	60
egg	75	12.6	10.6	1.12
Sweet Potato	88	1.6	0.1	20.1
Mushroom	94	3	0	3
Drumstick Pods	88.2	2.1	0.2	8.53
Drumstick leaves	78.66	9.4	1.4	8.28

How to use the macro calculator?

This tool was designed to answer the question "How to calculate macros?" To use and understand this macro meal planner, read the following guide.

First step:

Select your gender and then enter your age.
After this select the weight reduction goal. This depends on the target of each person.

Second step:

This step comprises two input values. Enter the height in inches and feet and weight in pounds (lbs).

Third step:

The last and third step of providing inputs comprises three values.

Select the number of meals you have daily.
The next selection is the activity level. Based on how active you are during the day, select from sedentary active, lightly active, moderately active, and very active.
Lastly, choose from low, medium, or high for adjustment of protein.

The calorie count represents the number of calories needed to be burnt at the end of the day. The calculated amount of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats must be a part of the meal to achieve the goal.

References

Comparison of macronutrients in common foods. (2020). In Wikipedia Retrieved 30 January 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Comparison_of_macronutrients_in_common_foods

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