Well, today is looking better, and I’m only through brunch but I can guarantee (well, just about) that I will eat the rest of it too, lol! Oink!!
Sorry it’s so teenie, but I couldn’t get it all in without shrinking it down, literally!! LOL!! The text, not the food 
I so agree with Anthony! Thanks for this Paul, just reaffirmed what I want to do, and thank you to @Bellyman for the thread. I hadn’t read all of it, but doing that now 
I read a lot a few years ago about women eating more to weigh less, but it wasn’t keto, and they talked a lot about their doing the “cutting” phase. I can’t imagine having to do that now that I know about keto, just eliminate the carbs if the fat is all I need for fuel. I and can assure anyone reading this, I have way more energy, and strength than I had before using “carbs” for my energy source, and of course storing fat 
somewhere around 4 years of keto, I should look at when I started here to know for sure, because this forum got me onto keto when I diagnosed with T2 Diabetes
I’m with you as well Brian as I need some muscle for my skinny ole frame So I’ll go and read more of the thread now, thank you again for a great topic!!
Ok in another post I read it was .8-10 g per kg of weight. Since I started Keto I’ve been aiming for .8g per pound of weight. That’s a lot different than per kg of weight.
Which is it? Lb or kg?
If aiming for 1g per, at 150 lbs would it be per pound so 150g of protein? Or would it be 76g of protein if per kg? (I’ve never been able to reach 150g, the highest I’ve ever reached was about 128g.)
1g per pound or kg, both may work, I consider it best in-between but it’s individual. 1g per pound probably won’t be used up, it may be okay to make sure it will be enough even some won’t get absorbed - and some people do use up more than others… I can understand wanting to be safe 
I heard about people who gained muscle just fine with 1g/kg, I am all for 1.5-2g/kg (for lean body mass) myself but I never could eat that little, no matter my actual diet. Fatty animal protein (but plant protein too) always had an irresistible pull on me.
I reset MFP for my macro goals, but if closest I could get as a free member is 105 grams, for my present weight of 109. I gain a couple lbs in the last couple weeks with not enough exercise, and lots of fat, I think that’s why. I doubt it’s muscle growth since no lifting at all.
So if it’s 1 g per lb of weight, I wonder how much fat we should be getting per lb? I never saw that info anywhere, and I just take what’s left and minus, or plus the fat grams, at least that’s on Myfitnesspal. That’s the easiest app I’ve ever found, maybe because I’m used to it. I don’t worry about calories any longer unless I see I’m just not eating enough food when I’m being active on a regular basis.
Feedback always welcome, especially interested in others macros if you wouldn’t mind sharing them, if you are successfully building muscle now, or, have in the past, either way it might help me, Denise 
PS I’m going in the a.m. and start my workout, but had some health issues flare up last 2 days. Gym just opened yesterday, but I just walked to make sure I felt good enough to tackle weights
I had this almost exactly the 3 years I was working out at a gym at my previous address. I like how you have it in writing though because I can print this out @Wnajegon
What do your work-outs look like now?
I did a little over an hour walk/hike this a.m. in the hills of my neighborhood. I was about to start some dumbells I have here at home, just Set of 5 lb’rs as I pushed these up a couple of times and I knew I could do 10, maybe 12 reps with those.
Funny how I can do the machines that sort of mimic the “free-weight lifting” at higher weights, but I’ll just listen to my body, instead of whats “written” on the machines, or the free weights
I like the smith machine for my squats, or just dumbells if that’s all I can get hold of. Some days I’ll just walk/hike up-hill 30 min. and then back home like today, because I want to start with an upper body workout tomorrow at my gym. Thank you for you input especially because those are all things I’m familiar with for one thing.
denise
