counting macros

im a noob and confused, i hope this forum can help me out, when it comes to countign macros, do i

a) count fats as fats, protein as proteins ans carbs as carbs.

like for example when i set up my diet, and it comes to peanuts, do i ignore the carbs and proteins on the label and just count the fats OR

b) do the opposite of the above, ie. count everything of everything

i need to get 310g of carbs 290g of protein and 90g of fats.

For the proteins, only count the protein if it is from a good protein source. eggs, milk, meat, whey, etc. are good sources of protein. Nuts, oats, veg, etc. are not and should be ignored. In terms of carbs you don´t count fibre, and for fats you count them all good or bad. But remember that because you are disregarding some of these macros, as well as there are other calories in for example your cooking methods, you need to compensate for that. For example:

If I need 2000 kcals, I will first subtract 20% (depending on how clean I am eating), which leaves us with 1600 kcals. Then work out your Prot, Carbs, and Fats needs from the 1600 kcals.

just be wary of having too many additional bits and pieces, for example use oils instead of nuts as u may need the fat content in your diet but the additional 3-5g of protein and carbs can all add up in the end, so try and use direct sources for your diet, when having carb sources, white rice/basmati rice/brown rice, potato/sweet potato have low fat and protein in them so they most likely wont throw your macros out of whack. but say u need 100g of fat in your diet and u use it all from nuts/peanut butter you will end up getting an additional +/- 160 calories in your diet that u werent expecting... if you want to be anal about things and u only have 2000 calories in your diet then u need to use food sources that dont have additional calorie contents as essentially it will add up in the end, if u think about 160-220 additional calories from trace proteins and carbs and fats in your diet can mean an additional 20mins on the treadmill to create a calorie deficit.... so its always a good idea to add those additional calories into your diet at the end of the day as calories are still calories... sometimes less is better.

but seeing you are new to this and look like u want to add some size to your frame then dont worry to much about getting in the small additional calories from trace/indirect nutrient sources.