Name: Counting Macros vs Intuitive Eating | IIFYM Diet | Flexible Dieting
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macro counting intuitive eating which is best today that's exactly what we're going to cover

I get asked this question all of the time many people actually

find their way to my website through an article that I was featured on on

livestrong.com a while back where I decided to actually use macro counting

to reverse diet myself and also including heavy lifting increased my

muscle mass while staying really lean it was a self experiment it was really fun

and it was one of the things that I just did because I felt like why not it might

be fun and so I get asked all the time because a lot of women will come to me

and say well it looks like what you teach in your courses and with your

clients it's more like intuitive eating so how does macro counting fit in and

it's a really really good question so today I want to share with you some

of the top questions to ask yourself and some of the pros and the cons related to

macro counting versus intuitive eating so you can ultimately discern which is

the best for you so let's dive in first for those of you who do not know what

macro counting is it's basically tracking your protein, carbs, and fat in

grams every single day so this is kind of like calorie counting but you're

counting the actual macros instead this is not a new concept it's actually been

around for a really long time it's actually just a trend that's sort of

coming back into play you may have heard of things like iifym which is if it fits

your macros or maybe flexible dieting it's kind of popular right now in the

bodybuilding world intuitive eating is something that is not a new concept

either and basically what this is is listening to your body and listening to

your hunger signals and discerning what it means when you eat certain

things and what you need to eat and how your body responds to things and

ultimately being able to eventually maintain your ideal body weight and

optimal health through listening from the guidance from within now there

are experts that back both that support either with research and even case

studies tons and tons of case studies so I mean it's clear that there is no one

right answer across the board you can argue either way so today I just want to

throw some of the pros and the cons of each that I have found on my own journey

both using them myself and with my clients so number one both offer

flexibility in their own way macro counting offers the flexibility of

being able to plan out your meals for the day based on your macros your

protein, carbs, and fat those are the goals that you want to hit every single

day and you'll have your plan set at the beginning of the day and then you can

choose those foods whatever foods you want

according to just based on hitting your macros so as long as you hit your macros

then you're good the downside of this is that a lot of times people will get

carried away and they'll end up eating a lot of packaged foods and they think

well I can eat cookies and cake and pop-tarts or whatever else as long as I

hit my macros then I'm good right and the answer is no you're not you need to

make sure that you are actually getting in those micronutrients that you get

from Whole Foods lots of veggies, fruits, things like that

because ultimately your body needs those things to thrive to have energy to sleep

well to have a good immune system it's very important that you are getting in

those micronutrients with intuitive eating it's actually the exact opposite

of macro counting so you can eat whatever you want whenever you want and

you have the complete freedom to choose in the moment what feels best now the

downside of this is that for some people this level of freedom can be way way too

much for them to be able to handle especially if in the past they were used

to counting calories counting macros even binge eating things like that it's

it's like a pendulum and I actually describe it like this we have two

different sides we have structure on one end and then we have freedom on the

other and the structure would be restrictive

eating being very strict with what you're eating being very planned out and

then freedom is on the other side and that's where you basically have no rules

you just eat whatever you want and it's very intuitive this is very structured

this is very masculine this is very feminine in really like leaning back and

trusting and so for some people to swing if they were very strict to swing all

the way to the other ends and be very free with intuitive eating it can be too

much they freaked out and then they feel like they have to go all the way back to

the very controlled restrictive way of eating and it can also lead to binges

and all kinds of things and so this is where you have to check in with yourself

if you know that that level of freedom is going to be way too much for you

would be like going from A to Z overnight then you have to know yourself

and you have to know that that ultimately is not going to serve you

very well and it's not going to lead to you achieving and then sustaining your

goals so number two is that both offer an opportunity to learn about your body

with macro counting you get to learn what works best for you in terms of

protein, carbs, and fat you get to look at what is actually in the foods that

you're eating you're looking at the packages you're looking at the

ingredients you're looking at how much sugar and how much fiber all of these

different things that go into the foods that we eat but a lot of times we really

just don't pay any attention to so macro counting can be the next logical step

for you if you have never really thought about the foods that you eat and what

kind of protein carbs and fats are in the various food options macro counting

also can help you to put together balanced meals so again you'll be able

to see how much protein is in this how much fat is in this how much carbs is in

this and you might even be really surprised about the different foods that

you eat on a regular basis so you might then be able to swap things out and plug

in other foods that lead to more balanced meals which then lead to more

satiety more balance blood sugar so you feel

less of both highs and lows with your energy throughout the day so it can

actually be a really great learning tool with intuitive eating you have the

opportunity to start listening to your body so much in life we are told and

taught to outsource you know to someone that is more of an expertise than we are

and when it comes to your own body who know you best right so when you practice

intuitive eating you're really giving yourself that permission to start paying

attention to start really listening to what your body is asking for to start

feeling into what foods work best for you and leave you feeling most satisfied

now with intuitive eating it's almost like you're giving yourself permission

to clear some space to experiment and it is not an overnight process so please do

not expect yourself to receive results overnight it will take some time but I

promise the more that you practice this tuning in the more you're going to feel

in control no matter what I call this mastering your inner expert number three

is that both offer you the opportunity to feel in control or on the flip side

out of control and here's what I mean both of them are simply a tool it's

almost like we're wearing a tool belt and we have all of these different

things to choose from based on where we're at in our own unique journey

either of them can help to support getting you to your goals but you have

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