Calories Fat, carbs and etc.

Does anyone know what the break down of calories, fat, carbs, sugar, fiber etc. a women should have each day?
I am 43 years old, 5 foot 2 inchs and weigh 140 and would love to loss 15 to 20 pounds. I've been eating alot of salads but I am not sure if I am eating the right things to loss?

It depends on what diet you're following.

this calculator says it will show you.

I think you're supposed to get 25g of fiber per day. Since I workout it was recommended I get 100g of protein per day (about 1g per kg of weight). Try to keep your carbs between 45%-55% of your daily calories. Split the rest between fats & protein. I think "The Zone" diet recommends a 30%-30%-40% split fats-protein-carbs. The super low carb crowd will say less than 25% of your calories should be carbs.

I'm sure others will offer different recommendations.

Hi - I was able to figure it out by using the calculations on a web site called WellaBella. I hope this helps you out - they give actual numbers to go by rather than percentages. By using this tool, it was the first time I was actually ever able to figure out pretty close to what my body needed every day. I am 50, 5'5", currently 137.4 aiming for 124. My carbs should be around 130-170/day, protein around 120/day, calories 1400, fat around 52 and sugar under 30. This is the calculation with my doing moderate to intentse workouts to lose and not MAINTAIN weight. Good luck!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE consider LCHF -
(Low-Carb, High Fat)

I've done EVERY DIET and this is the BEST!

NO calorie counting, just eat until satisfied, especially ALL THE FAT YOU WANT!(I know, it's totally crazy, but it's REAL!)

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LCHF for beginniers

I wish you every success in your weight loss journey - all the best!

I've seen you post about this site twice now, but you don't provide a link.. I tried using Google to find it, but nothing comes up.

I couldn't find that calculator either, but if you google macronutrient calculator, many will come up. Here's one: http://www.superskinnyme.com/macronutrient_calculator.html

Thank you all very much ! Great help

Nice, I needed that calc. too!