Hot and Healthy — Thriving Through Menopause One Pound at a Time — Day 16 (2/26/2024)

I may be sick. I was hoping yesterday was it, but alas, wrong again. It’s just a small cold, no fever, but It’s pissing me off. I slept well although I feel like taking a nap right this second.

I’ve had my yogurt, tea, and some water…working on more and then we’ll see if I motivate or nap.

Let’s talk about logging what you do. It wasn’t until I started seeing the calories and fat on paper that I realized how many extra calories I took in a day. By “on paper”, I really mean on my Loseit! App. The app breaks it down into Fat, Carbohydrates and Protein, called Macronutrients, and then it adds some sublevel stuff. So, this demanded I look up what I should be intaking a day for health and for weight loss.

My search was “what percentages should a female have of proteins, fats and carbs during menopause to lose weight”.

Remember what I said about the internet yesterday…you find what you want to find.

Here are the results, at least the ones that made sense to me.

From Women’s Health: https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/food/healthy-eating/a705352/best-macros-for-fat-loss/

They do a whole explanation but here are the number they come up with.