REASONS TO COUNT YOUR MACROS 101 >>Your body counts them, so you need to as well You’ve heard about how 3,500 calories equals 1 pound, yeah? Well, that’s more or less true. Sure, there is a little more to it than that, but at the end of the day, weight loss or weight gain comes down to calorie balance. Eat at a surplus of 3,500 calories and you’ll gain one pound, burn off 3,500 more than you consume, and you’ll lose a pound. Your body runs off calories, and though there is a small difference in the thermogenic effect of different nutrients (the main ones being protein and fibre, which take a little more energy to break down, so burn off more calories than fat and simple carbohydrates in the process) ultimately your body views a calorie as a calorie. Yep, that’s right.... 50g of carbs from a banana is the same as 50g of carbs from a sweet potato, or some sorbet. In the same vein that if you get 20g of protein from a chicken breast, or 20g of protein from a shake, you’re still getting 20g of protein. Now, the other components in those foods (again, mainly fibre) may affect digestion and calorie burn a little, but the carbs, protein, fat (and ultimately – calories) are your body’s source of energy. This is what it will use to burn for energy, or store them, either as fat or muscle. So if your body’s counting those calories, it makes sense for you to. The way that i teach all my clients through online Physique coaching however to do so is through tracking macronutrients and therefore effectively losing fat while maintaining optimal health :) :) -->> For more of the good stuff like this get the latest by clicking here:goo.gl/dJ9uQe
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 06:30:00 +0000
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