Counting Calories
The "Doucette Personal Training and Consulting" Tip of The Day concerns counting calories. One of the most common questions I am asked is how much Fat, Carbs and Protein should I eat? For some reason people have been lead to believe that counting macro %'s is somehow a magical formula for getting lean. For example they believe that as long as they follow a 30/30/40 macro split it will give them the body they desire and can eat whatever they want within those guidelines. I will keep this very simple, counting Macro %'s is not only difficult for most people but is also meaningless pointless and useless. Just because you follow a specific macro split does not mean you are eating healthy. Any macro split count be hit eating things like pizza, cookies, cake, candies, ice scream and nachos with some form of protein source thrown in but clearly this is NOT healthy eating. What I would suggest as being much more important would be to limit sugar intake and increase fiber intake.
What most people do not realize is that the body is very capable of making its own adjustments in order to achieve homeostasis. If you eat a lot of carbs you don't need as much protein, if you eat a ton of fat you don't need as many carbs and if protein is too high your body will just use the extra protein for energy.
Bottom line forget counting macro %'s and start eating what you know to be healthy like vegetables and fruit, lean meat, fish and low fat dairy products. It's not rocket science so quit trying to make it look like it is!!! Also save the fruit has fructose and dairy has sugar and what kinds of lean meat is best or which veggies should I eat. Just eat the ones you want. I guarantee following this type of diet is healthier then what 95% of peoples diets look like so don't over think it and just start doing it.
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