This Could Be Completely Ruining Your Progress

👩🏼‍🏫Example prescribed macros: 120g protein, 160g carb, 55g fat 1615 calories
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🙅🏼‍♀️Macros you’ve been hitting: 80g protein, 130g carb, 45g fat 1245 calories
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👀Do you see the calorie differences?
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If your calorie deficit is around 1600 for efficient fat loss but you’re continually only eating 1245 then your body will ADAPT to these calories:
🥺Lowering your metabolism!!!!
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(Psstttt: this also leads to bingeing tendencies & a crappy relationship with food 🤭)
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🤯This puts you in a plateau because then you’ll have to consistently eat less and less calories in order to lose weight.
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👸So aim hit your macros within 5-7g DAILY for optimal results 🙌🏻
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👉🏻Each macro (fat, carb and protein) play a specific & significant role in our bodies, so having a macro prescription is tailored on purpose.
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If you’re worried about going over on your other macros while trying to make up for the low macros then find macro-specific foods & start utilizing them to fill gaps, I promiseeee it becomes much easier.
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(Hint: google macro venn diagram or swipe to the left to see examples that I posted a few weeks ago)
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💕I cannot stress this enough.
I see this constantlyyyyy as a macro coach & something that is really truly important for seeing optimal results!
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🔰 save this for a reminder & tag a friend who also needs to see it & struggles reaching her macros 👯‍♀️
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https://www.coachedbycait.com/
Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist
Fat loss and Macro coach
RN/BSN