Yes, you can lose weight eating McDonald's every day if you stay in a caloric deficit, but you'll feel terrible. The key is hitting about 1 gram of protein per pound of ideal body weight to preserve muscle while losing fat, then filling the rest with whatever calories fit your goal.
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So macros equal calories. So macros are like your protein, carbs, and fats that equal your total calories to lose weight, right? So to lose weight, you just eat less than you burn. To maintain calories. Yes. To maintain muscle, you want to eat a specific amount of protein. So when you lose weight, your body's burning fat and maintaining muscle. That's where a lot of people usually lack is when they lose weight, they're not hitting a certain amount of protein. So they're losing muscle and fat. So they look like a smaller version. So the first format prioritizes 1 gram of protein per pound of ideal body weight. So you maintaining that muscle as you're losing body fat. So macros, it protein, carbs, and fats. First Form is gonna focus on protein and then it's gonna split up your carbs and fats with your remaining calories to put you in a deficit or surplus depending on your goal. So, got it. So as a beginner, if you're not familiar with tracking or making meals, I can be in a deficit lose weight and eat McDonald's every day if I'm tracking it and in a deficit. Is it going to be the healthiest macros? No, I'll feel like shit. Sorry, I don't know if I can swear, but I'll feel like poop. But it'll teach people on where they started and how to shift that