I tracked my macros for over 4 years and I stopped. Macro tracking helped me learn about food, I understood how food affected my body, and I realized I didn’t have to fear the amount I was eating to get in the shape I wanted. However, as my life has changed and my priorities change, so have my eating habits. In this blog I share about why I stopped tracking macros and my plans moving forward with my eating habits!
Do you even need to go low fat in order to see results? Some will say yes and some will no. Here’s what I know and what has worked for many of my clients. Macros doesn’t mean one thing. Tracking macros is just a way to measure your food. You can be Keto and track. You can be low carb and track. You can eat tons of meat or none at all. Macros is not one size fits all but what fits best for your lifestyle & goals. In here I breakdown how you can enjoy a lower fat diet when all you crave is high fats. And I also give you some pointers on how to make the diet work for the foods you like!
Lent is upon us (if you celebrate) and on Fridays without eating meat it is really hard for me to hit my protein goal. So, these are some of my go-to protein sources throughout the day!
In college I used to have these HUGE cheat days on the weekends after a week of restrictive eating and I would just eat anything and everything in sight because I thought I ‘earned’ it for being good all week. However, through those cycles I actually started to have a terrible relationship with food and my own mindset around what it means to be healthy. Through a lot of trial and error, and lots of work on my own mentality – I love adding in intuitive days to my own week and in my clients. The word in itself helps us disconnect the word from meaning ‘cheating’ on our diet and turns it into simply being mindful of our food.
Here are 10 mindset shifts you need to make today to stop restricting yourself from the foods you enjoy and start living with less food guilt! You can 100% eat the foods you love while reaching progress in the gym via resistance training & balancing your caloric intake.
On the go healthy options to eat at all the fast food restaurants! How to stick to your goals even when you’re not at home. Finding healthy options can be hard but not with these!
The one thing I find clients struggle the most with is their protein number. For most people, this is not something they’ve been cautious of before and tracking to get to a certain number can be daunting. I break down in this blog how I eat enough protein each day and some tips to help you!
Feeling overwhelmed by tracking meals that aren’t strictly a protein, carb, and veggie? I used to be there and I wouldn’t even try to track a recipe because it was too confusing and I’d just take it as a loss for the day. In this blog, I share with you simple ideas on how to track your macros when eating a family meal!
Breakdown of when to adjust your macros and by how much. I lay out 3 different scenarios: if you’re looking to maintain, build muscle, or lose fat. Everyone is very different when it comes to the food we require so make sure to listen to your own body first!
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