![]() ![]() Often I even see clients overeating because they have a craving they aren’t satisfying. While the quality of our food does help our body function optimally, I think often the fact that we cut out all of the foods we love to eat “cleaner,” ends up backfiring. It’s because the quality of our food doesn’t fully matter to weight loss.īecause calories in vs calories out is at the heart of what matters, and how we dial in your macros CAN affect how we create a deficit, but you can still OVEREAT even eating only healthy foods. “Well I cut out all of the processed stuff and am eating one ingredient foods, but I’ve stopped losing weight and I have 10 more pounds!” This isn’t meant as an excuse to just go eat crap.īUT I think it is an important fact to recognize because it is a frustration I often hear from clients trying to lose weight. That is where this quick cheat sheet can come in handy!Īnd it is also important for us to realize that while the quality of our food is key for optimal functioning and better health…for some aesthetic goals…well it kind of doesn’t matter! Quality Doesn’t Matter!? To often we start a diet, dial in our diet with whole, natural foods and then wonder WHY we aren’t getting the results we want.Īnd it may be because while we think we are following the principles of the diet, we aren’t actually hitting the macronutrient ratios the diet suggests because we don’t actually KNOW what the macros are. The key is understanding what our food is made of so we can eat according to our goals! Or if you’re a vegetarian looking to increase protein, you may realize that you need to not only combine certain foods for a completely protein, a complete amino acid chain, but that many of your protein sources also contain more carbs too. Or if you’re doing Keto, you may start to look at which foods are higher in fat to focus on those while eliminating some foods that are higher in carbs. So you may still include eggs, but you may eliminate a less healthy source of fat from somewhere else OR include a leaner protein source at another time. It just means you can include a variety of protein sources based on your specific needs and goals and even “work around” different fat contents by the foods you include at other times!įor instance, if you’re doing a diet that is lower in fat and higher in protein, you may start to realize that eggs, while protein, also increase your fat intake. This doesn’t mean one food is BETTER than another. Some are very low in fat, like chicken breast, while some can be higher in fat like say Salmon. ![]() ![]() It is the nutrients your body needs in large quantities.Īlmost every popular diet out there manipulates the amount of each macro you consume to get results whether it is promoting low or no carbs, low fat, high protein, or some balance in between!Īnd all of the foods we consume have a certain amount of each macronutrient.Īnimal proteins such as chicken, fish, eggs and beef all have a different amount of protein, and fat. I wanted to give you a little “cheat sheet” guide to macros and why paying attention to them may help you get better results FASTER!Ī macro is a macronutrient or protein, carbs and fats. But what the heck are macros and how do you “hit” or “fit” something into them? MACROS – You may have heard this word recently when someone mentioned a new diet they were starting. ![]()
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