I've been using Cronometer too and after a month set to lose 2 pounds per week (which, BTW, is too fast for me), that is, at
a net calorie intake of 1400 calories per day, still my protein level is 66 grams (lost 8 pounds during this period down to 168 lbs).
Any weight loss diet will only work if you reduce
your net calorie intake, and this means monitoring fats as well as other food groups.
Various epidemiological data corroborates this, showing a strong positive correlation between
net calorie intake and obesity rates.
Not exact matches
In case you're interested, I now eat at a slight caloric deficit, keeping my
intake at around 1950
calories per day and I try and stick as closely as possible to the following macros: 25g
net carbs, 90g protein and 165g fat.
Whether you burn more fat earlier in the day and store more later on, or store more fat earlier in the day and burn more later on, the
net result is still going to be the same as long as your total
calorie intake remains constant.
For cancer treatment, the
net carb
intake could be as low as 12 grams per day while also limited in
calories.
However, if I eat 10g of fiber per day, my
net carbs don't change, but 1) the macronutrient ratios for
calories would need to change OR 2) my total daily
intake of
calories would have to change.
However, the compensatory
intake of food exceeds this amount and results in a
net weight gain.3 Partial sleepers tend to consume approximately 600 more
calories than full - night sleepers, with most of those
calories coming from chocolate, desserts, and potato chips.4 Poor food choices are common in the sleep deprived.
MFP states that
net of workout, it computes for your desired
calorie intake so workout / exercise
calories should be re-eaten.
Replacing long - chain fats with MCT oil at breakfast suppresses food
intake at lunch.9 Longer - term replacement of long - chain fats with MCT oil leads to increased energy expenditure, 10 and in the context of a weight loss program it leads to greater loss of body weight and body fat.11 Overall, these several studies suggest that replacement of other fats with MCT oil could decrease food
intake by forty - five
calories per day and increase energy expenditure by forty - five
calories per day, leading to a
net caloric deficit of ninety
calories per day.