Fueling Your Body With the Proper Nutrients Through Balance
Macro (macronutrient) counting is not a specific diet plan, they are already apart of your meals; protein, carbs and fats. They are very important elements to a healthy body composition and getting to your goals. My husband and I have seen the biggest change in our physical body since doing macros. The saying, ‘Abs made in the kitchen,’ has never been more true since doing macros, seeing the change in our bodies when we are only able to
workout 2-4 times a week. When most people would think you have to high amounts of cardio or work out more days than not. That myth has been broken with macros. Exercise does play a factor in the equation of getting your specific macro numbers and you for sure have to work out. But it was refreshing knowing I didn’t have to spend hours in the gym everyday to get in the best shape of my life.
There are many benefits to counting macros, one of them that really drew me is the freedom and flexibility you have when reaching your health and fitness goals, through the variety of foods you can still eat. With macro counting there are endless meal options can be created without feeling tied to specific types of food.
So many people in our society today and have a bad stigma with different types of foods or ‘off limit’ foods. With macros you can develop a healthy relationship with food again, without having “off limit” or food restrictions. It can last a lifetime because there is no “diet” involved, you can maintain this lifestyle, which is why we really like it for our family. Once you are on macros for a while you get a hang of what exactly you need to be eating, you can loosely track and eat similar food choices and ways as when you were strictly tracking.
It will bring and restore balance back into your life, which is GREAT because you no longer have to feel guilty about eating the foods you love because you do not need to eliminate the foods you love in order to see results! We still enjoy our donuts some mornings and pizza during football games and have no guilt, we adjust how we eat the rest of the day. It is just a matter of reaching your numbers for protein, carbs and fats, which is referred to these days as a ‘Balance Intake Approach.’
