In this scenario too, you’re lacking the essential fats, proteins, and carbs your body needs. In this case, you’re diet is completely made up of carbs and fat, no protein in sight.On the same token, you could eat 1800 calories worth of spinach every day for six months, and while that’s obviously a much healthier option, is it actually healthy? No, good luck doing physical activity of any kind or even getting out of bed for that matter. But that’s the whole point, you can eat all the nutrient lacking food you want as long as you stay within your calorie range. Now, if you’re calorie counting in the first place I don’t truly think that’s what you’re going to be eating, but for the purpose of a dramatic example, it works. And as far as calorie counting goes, that’s the only restriction. Are you within your 1800 calorie limit? Yes. I am also not shaming you for counting calories if that is what you choose to do - I am simply explaining why I believe one is more effective than the other.First of all, think of it this way – if you are told you should be eating 1800 calories a day, and you strictly count calories, you could technically figure out a way to eat 1800 calories of Reeses peanut butter cups (I wish) every single day for six months and still consider yourself “calorie counting”. Why is macro counting better than counting calories?This is where it gets tricky, but I’m going to do my best to simplify it for you! Sidenote: I am not the end all be all of the health industry and I am not telling you this is the end all be all way to diet. Why do I need to know about macros?Macros are important because manipulating your macros is what will help you lose, gain, or maintain weight. All three are essential to your caloric intake, but the amount of protein, carbs, and fats each person should consume on a daily basis, is different. What I like to refer to as, the trifecta of all things needed to fuel your body the right way. What the heck are "macros"?Macros are proteins, carbs, and fats also referred to as macronutrients. This will be a series, because there are just so many topics encompassed under the umbrella of "macros", so if you’re still interested after this article, hang tight! More will be up this week. I truly thought I was happy with my diet too, until I learned about macros. Even if you're happy with your current diet, I encourage you to read. I’m going to warn you by saying this might be one of the longer blog posts I write, but I truly believe it’s an important subject, and something that I think is key to maintaining a healthy diet long term. However it is a way of “dieting” (this word makes me cringe) that I want to shed light on because it is the only reason I have been able to maintain a healthy lifestyle, as far as eating goes, for as long as I have. Macro counting may be a foreign term to some of you, and for some it may not.
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